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Re: [NTG-context] Does ConTeXt really support russian language
by Andrey Riabushenko 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Pdftex Preferably utf8 encoding >pdfTeX, XeTeX or LuaTeX? >Wolfgang >> I have spend three days trying to make ConTeXt show Cyrillic letters >> with zero >> success. >> I have tried to follow http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Russian >> precisely still >> I see only latin transliteration instead of Cyrillic letters. >> The funny thing that http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Vietnamese gives >> absolutely >> different set of commands for internationalization. I have tried >> them as well >> with no luck. >> >> I have tried about 10 variants that I have found on >> wiki.contextgarden.net and >> ntg-context(a)ntg.nl maillist NONE of them produce russian letters >> just latin >> transliteration and empty text. >> >> I have tried so far: >> Fresh install of TeX Live 2008 on Windows XP >> Fresh install of TeTeX 3 on FreeBSD 7 >> Fresh install of Latest Context Minimals on FreeBSD 7 (installed on >> 22-12-2008) >> >> >> LaTeX, from the same installations of TeXlive 2008 and teTeX, works >> out box, >> just as simple as: >> \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} >> \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc} >> >> Does any can give me a working example of cyrillic text in conTeXt?

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Does ConTeXt really support russian language?
by Andrey Riabushenko 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

I have spend three days trying to make ConTeXt show Cyrillic letters with zero success. I have tried to follow http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Russian precisely still I see only latin transliteration instead of Cyrillic letters. The funny thing that http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Vietnamese gives absolutely different set of commands for internationalization. I have tried them as well with no luck. I have tried about 10 variants that I have found on wiki.contextgarden.net and ntg-context(a)ntg.nl maillist NONE of them produce russian letters just latin transliteration and empty text. I have tried so far: Fresh install of TeX Live 2008 on Windows XP Fresh install of TeTeX 3 on FreeBSD 7 Fresh install of Latest Context Minimals on FreeBSD 7 (installed on 22-12-2008) LaTeX, from the same installations of TeXlive 2008 and teTeX, works out box, just as simple as: \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc} Does any can give me a working example of cyrillic text in conTeXt?

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Re: [NTG-context] Serious bug?
by Fengnan Gao 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

> > I'm clueless then. If version mismatch doesn't explain it and if there > are no error messages, then I'm running out of ideas. > > What happens if you run first-setup.bat again, delete the contents of > D:/context/tex/texmf-cache, open cmd, go to the folder with your > document, and then type: > >> D:/context/tex/setuptex >> luatools --generate >> context --make >> context test.tex > > Mojca > > Sorry Mojca, it's not working. Fengnan Gao

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2008-2009
by Hans Hagen 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Hi, Since we near the end of the year, here is our card/wish: http://www.pragma-ade.com/2008.pdf Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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FunnyFrame in an enumeration.
by Fabrice 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Hi, Playing with metafun, I saw the FunnyFrame example (page 239 MetaFun screen manual), where a framed is put around some paragraph and this frame has a small framed title inserted at the top of the framed paragraph. I would like to do a similar output but in the context of an enumeration. I am able to obtain the main frame by a proper definition of the \definenumeration, but not the title ! For clarity, a sample test file is provided below. I have tried to look in the mailing list for some examples that can help me, but no luck ! Do you think this is something feasible ? I wouldl take any hint ! Thanks, Fabrice. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %[ The main code of this example came actullay from a thread in 2000 by Hans.] % http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20000929.130642.dc591d10.en.html \setupcolors[state=start] \def\FrameText#1% {\startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} picture p ; numeric w, h, o ; p := btex \strut#1 etex ; w := \overlaywidth ; h := \overlayheight ; o := \the\bodyfontsize/2 ; p := p shifted (4o,h-ypart center p) ; draw p ; drawoptions (withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor red) ; draw (3o,h)--(0,h)--(0,0)--(w,0)--(w,h)--(xpart urcorner p+o,h) ; draw boundingbox p enlarged(o,0) withcolor red ; setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled(w,h) ; \stopuseMPgraphic} \defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] \defineframedtext[FunnyText][frame=off,background=FunnyFrame,width= \hsize] \def\StartFrame#1{\FrameText{#1}\startFunnyText} \def\StopFrame {\stopFunnyText } \starttext \StartFrame{A nice place for a title} The value of variables inside this fence are isolated from the values outside. \StopFrame \defineenumeration[Definition] [width=fit, before=\StartFrame{}, after=\StopFrame, text={Definition} ] \startDefinition The text of the definition. The sentence "{\bf Definition 1}" should be in the above small box. \stopDefinition \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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fullpage and XeTeX typescript
by Mohamed Bana 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

hi, 1. what's the equivalent of the \usepackage{fullpage} for ConTeXt? 2. it would be convenient if LuaTeX supported typescripts like XeTeX does instead of having to define font synonyms, e.g., \definetypeface[mainface][rm][Xserif][Warnock Pro] \definetypeface[mainface][ss][Xsans][Cronos Pro] \definetypeface[mainface][tt][Xmono][Inconsolata][default]%[rscale=0.9] % use only for Monaco %\definetypeface[mainface][mm][Xmath][palatino] \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math][palatino][default]%[encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 13pt]

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mpost finds BAD TFM
by Hans van der Meer 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

NASTY PROBLEM WITH READING TFM FILES IN LATEST METAPOST A nasty problem has surfaced that Taco Hoekwater cannot solve, because it does not occur on his system. My system is Apple Macintosh 10.5.6 and I am using the command "sh build.sh" to compile metapost-1.101. After compiling and generating with "mpost --ini mpost" the error message below result when calling "make" in the manual-directory of the distribution. It signals a bad tfm file, I guess because the wrong number of bytes is read. Some 16/32/64 bit issue perhaps? Taco has not found it and as his compile now runs "lint-free" it is difficult to imagine what can be wrong. Are there people in this group (preferably on Macintosh) who find the same thing happening? And then are far more apt with debuggers than I am? Many thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer This says the logfile of the mpost run, the programcode involved is from source file tfmin.w: This is MetaPost, version 1.101 (kpathsea version 3.5.7) (mem=mpost 2008.12.22) 22 DEC 2008 17:53 **mpman (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/metapost/base/boxes.mp) ! Font cmr10 not usable: TFM file is bad. _s->...oup.addto._p.also(EXPR2)infont(EXPR3)scaled (EXPR4)shifted((EXPR5),(EX... <argument> ..._n0="cmr10";_s("Figures",_n0,1,0,0,) ;_s ("in",_n0,1,35.3674,0,)... beginbox_->...UFFIX2):=nullpicture;for._p_=(TEXT3) :pic_ (SUFFIX2):=if.picture... boxit->..."boxpath_","sizebox_",(SUFFIX2),(TEXT3)) ;generic_declare (pair)_n.s... l.26 ....aa(btex \place{Figures in MetaPost} etex) ;

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different behavior between xetex and luatex
by Yue Wang 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Hi, all. I expect different output in xetex and luatex using context. and I think the problem is quite serious although I do not speak Turkish. in turkish, fi can not be treat as ligatures and I can see luatex handle that quite well. however, in xetex, fi are treated as ligatures. I attach the files and output here. I don't know it is a bug in xetex, context or dvipdfmx:( Yue Wang

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 54, Issue 69
by Fengnan Gao 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

> Does it behave any differently if you try to replace the luatex binary > inside tex/texmf-mswin/bin with the extracted luatex from > <http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/download.php/707/luatex-beta-0.31.2-win32-min…>? > > Mojca (with zero ideas left) > Nope, Mojca, not working too. Just one more question: why I cannot receive emails from the mail-list, what I get only is the digest? Fengnan Gao <fnsteed(a)hotmail.com>

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distributed / parallel TeX?
by Lars Huttar 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere from 80 minutes on our fastest machine, to 9 hours on our slowest laptop. So the question comes up, can TeX runs take advantage of parallelized or distributed processing? As many in the computer industries are aware, processor speed (clock rate) has plateaued; it is not going to continue rising at the rate it had been. Hence the common move to dual-core, quad-core, etc. machines. But applications in general cannot take advantage of multiple cores to speed their work unless they are architected to take advantage of them. We googled around a bit but were surprised not to find any real references to efforts at running TeX in parallel or on distributed networks or clusters. Wouldn't this be something that a lot of people would find useful? Or does everyone only use TeX for typesetting short papers? Sure, you can use manual tricks to speed up TeX processing. You can "comment out" sections of a document, or select them via modes. But then you have to remember where you did the commenting out, so you can reverse it. And you have no guarantees as to whether the inclusion/exclusion of section B will affect the layout of section C or not. Wouldn't it be nice if TeX (or a TeX wrapper, or macro package, or "typesetting system") could take care of this for you? What if you had a language -- or a few extensions to existing languages -- to give your typesetting engine hints or commands about where to split up your long document into fairly-independent chunks? What if you designed your document specifically to be typeset in independent, parallel pieces so that you could guarantee that you would get the same result for section B whether or not you were typesetting the whole book at the same time? What if the typesetting system automated the stitching-back-together process of the chunks, gathering page reference info from each chunk to inform the next iteration of typesetting the other chunks? Has anyone been working on this already? It seems like it must have been discussed, but I don't know where to go to look for that discussion. Thanks, Lars

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