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beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \abortinputifdefined oops, is syst-gen.tex no longer part of the mkiv core? i installed the beta two times (cleaned up texmf-context) and also tried the luatex binary from yesterday. no success so far. also no fun with mkii. looks like shading specials are broken. - Peter

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Print engine name/version
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi Hans, can you add command which will print the name (e.g. LuaTeX, pdfTeX ...) and version (e.g. 0.36.0) of the current used TeX engine. Wolfgang

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, this weeks beta ... -- a couple of bug fixes, some are still pending -- the context script can recognize files for mkii (first line directive) and listens to --pdftex and --xetex; it still calls texexec but this method can replace the texmfstart call (mtxrun is faster); it also permits integration in an editor (so that one command is used for all engines) -- there is an --update option to the context command (which will install the latest version from the website); don't confuse this with a garden minimnal update (i will gradually move all ruby goodies to lua) -- i'm currently working on the new structure macro so if there are problems, let me know; 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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new beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, In the process of a major cleanup and code split I uploaded a beta. Some important changes are: - initialization code is ready for upcoming luatex - language files have been cleaned up - core-<table stuff> is renamed to tabl-<table stuff> - several changes in file names and splits of files - for those using helpers, in mkiv now syst-aux is the place to look - some non used files removed - some speedup of helper macros (only in mkiv) On Taco and my machine test docs come out right but there might be problems left (no tricky new things so solvable fast). 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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\input file with parameter ?
by luigi scarso 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] instead of \input combine (I have combine.tex in my path of course) After a while I have thought : "Is it possibile to implement this (as a macro) in mkiv ?" I think yes, but I'm not sure (Of course, on can write things like \Input[style=combine, file=fo] and so on) -- luigi

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LM Cyrillic - reply from Boguslav Yatskovsky
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

This is the reply to my letter sent to Boguslav Yatskovsky. He allowed me to share it with ConTeXt users and developers. I believe it will be of some interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'm your namesake, from Ukraine :) :-)) > I'm a member of NTG, and active user > of ConTeXt. Recently I started the discussion in the mailing list about > Cyrillic support with default font. When one write simple script in > MKIV, like > \starttext > Hello world!(in different languages) > \stoptext > the result produced is OK, except for my language, becuase LM fonts > shipped with context lacks Cyrillic. Shame on us! About a year ago we contacted Olga Lapko and Sasha Berdnikov in this matter and -- alas -- actually nothing happened since then. Partially because of us being concentrated on providing OTF math for the Latin Modern fonts (and, later, for the TeX Gyre ones). Perhaps your email is a good occasion to improve somewhat impaired contacts? The problem in contact with us is that, as you can see, we are not especially prompt in aswering... ;-) This time, however, we've had a good reason: the problem of Cyryllic concerns also the TeX Gyre collection. We are in the midst of the action of legalization other than GPL licence (if you are interested in details, do not hesitate to ask) for the TeX Gyre fonts; we got the agreement from Han The Thanh to use his Vietnamese characters under the new licence, but -- so far -- we have not received the agreement form Valek Filippov for his Cyrillic extension. Actually, he has not answered yet to our emails (we mailed to him twice) -- we hoped to have his answer before writing to you, hence the delay... If he does not answer, or if he answers negatively, we'll have to drop out Valek's Cyrillic, and, needless to say, to think about a new one. So the problem actually concerns not only LMs, but -- probably -- also TGs. > I was advised by context gurus to request Cyrillic support in LM fonts, Well, if we were genuine gurus, we would provide Cyryllic for LMs already ;-) > becuase is seems that this font will remain default option for long time. Perhaps yes. Can you see how the problem of Cyrillic in LMs can be resolved? Both improvement of the glyphs from the CM-Super fonts (as far as I remember, Cyrillic glyphs were generated using Olga's sources) and generating an outline version of Olga's LH fonts (either by tracing bitmap fonts anew or manipulating -- less or more manually -- on the output produced by MetaPost run on Olga sources) seems higly time-consuming. I should think that the former method is simpler a little bit. The problem is, however, that Vladimir Volovich, similarly to Valek, released CM Super fonts on the GPL licence and it is not obvious whether he is willing to agree that somebody takes a part from his deed and works on it under another licence. Anyway, it is a lot of work! Can you see anybody that would have enough time to spend on such a task? Thank you for raising the important question -- cheers -- Jacko

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\twodigitrounding
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, can the number rounding commands (interger/onedigit/...rounding) commands be done with Lua in MkIV, the TeX version fails on big numbers. Wolfgang

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Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?
by Wei-Wei Guo 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every step need extensive searching, reading, and asking. Sorry for the useless complain. I'm stuck by so many problems. I might be lack of the basic knowledge of ConTeXt. Could someone tell me where I can find manuals or papers that describe the logic of ConTeXt design and basics of ConTeXt programming. Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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\plusseven
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi Hans, from syst-ini.tex: \chardef \plusseven = 6 \chardef \pluseight = 6 \chardef \plusnine = 6 Wolfgang

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Step wise presentation.
by Curious Learn 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Currently what is the best solution for presentation with steps in Context that works with the stable version of MKIV. The one that you can get with ./first-setup.sh --context=current If I need to install any addon module for your recommendation (i.e., if it does not come with minimals), kindly let me know. Thanks for your feedback.

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