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typesetting Arabic today
by Burak Emir 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

Hi, First of all, I'd wish to express my thanks to the makers of and contributors to ConTeXt - it is quite a pleasure to use so far. Now for my concern: I want to typeset Arabic. What would I use? I am aware of ArabTex, I haven't yet tried Omega... however, I followed some presentations for LuaTeX and typesetting Arabic was mentioned there as motivation. This is how I got to ConTeXt in the first place. Trying the documentation, I ended up on the following page which says "TODO" http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Arabic_and_Hebrew I also searched mail archives, but the mails I found on this subject were from 2003, so I thought it is worth probing for an update. Any news or hints appreciated. Thanks, Burak -- Burak Emir -- http://burak.emir.googlepages.com

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Re: [NTG-context] typesetting Arabic today
by Burak Emir 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

Selaam, On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid(a)colostate.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:45:20 -0600, Burak Emir <burak.emir(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > Here is what I did, in detail > >> >> export OSFONTSDIR=/Users/buraq/Library/Fonts >>> ls $OSFONTSDIR/arabtype.ttf >>> >> /Users/buraq/Library/Fonts/arabtype.ttf >> >>> luatools --generate >>> mtxrun --script font --reload >>> texexec --luatex traditional_arabic-test.tex >>> >> ... >> define font | font with name arabtype is not found >> define font | unknown font arabtype, loading aborted >> ! Font \TradArabic=arabtype*test2 at 28pt not loadable: metric data not >> found or bad. >> > > I'm curious, does it work if you put the font in the current directory? > Yes, this worked! : D What a pleasure to see the fruits of debugging. Shukran : ) Can one tell "luatools --generate" to see which path it picks up from OSFONTSDIR? There are some nice arabic fonts that come with Mac systems (or maybe, they came with the KeyNote or Pages, I don't know) Burak -- Burak Emir -- http://burak.emir.googlepages.com

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last bookmark is wrong
by Peter Münster 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

Hello, The last bookmark is s3 instead of b3 (MKII and MKIV): \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[section] \starttext \section{s1}\bookmark{b1} \section{s2}\bookmark{b2} \section{s3}\bookmark{b3} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] modules maps fails
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Diego Depaoli wrote: > >> I have added map files, but I doubt that that is enough. Please try >> and report whether it works. > > now, with --xtx switch, I get this error > > (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex) > ! Font \*map7ptrmscss*:=CharterBT-SmallCap at 6.64998pt not loadable: > Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. That's because of ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-Roman] [name:CharterBT-Roman] % or: [bchr8a] ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-Italic] [name:CharterBT-Italic] % or: [bchri8a] ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-Bold] [name:CharterBT-Bold] % or: [bchb8a] ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-BoldItalic] [name:CharterBT-BoldItalic] % or: [bchbi8a] ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-Slanted] [name:CharterBT-Italic] % or: [bchri8a] ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-BoldSlanted] [name:CharterBT-BoldItalic] % or: [bchbi8a] ./tex/context/base/type-otf.tex: \definefontsynonym [Charter-Roman-Caps] [name:CharterBT-SmallCap] % or: [bchrc8a] The fonts are on http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/charter/ and I can add them, but there is still one problem. Since fonts are defined this way, you would need to configure fc-config to look for fonts in that directory in order to find the font. Or one would need to change the definition. Hans - what would be the implications for LuaTeX if name:CharterBT-Roman was changed into file:bchr8a ? Not suggesting that yet, only asking. > and without --xtx switch this one > > (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-gyr.tex) > ! Font \*map7ptrmtfss*:=texnansi-bchr8a at 6.64998pt not loadable: > Metric (TFM) file not found. The files are under http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-fnt.zip Many of the files included there are obsolete now, that's why I didn't include them at the first place. But this one is not. Quick fix: unzip those files into texmf-local for example (or texmf, but you need to be careful not to use the --delete switch then). Proper fix - Hans, Taco, should I filter the useful files out of that zip and add them to the minimals? Which ones? Mojca

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Installed ConTeXt minimal... what's next ?
by Alain PIERRE 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

Hi, I installed - ConTeXt minimal http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip ( I first tried ContextMinimalInstall.exe but it hanged: texlua.exe application error ) After searching through wiki's, pdf's, (xetex and context) list archives, etc... I still have no clue whatsoever on - how to start *using* ConTeXt, ConTexT with XeTeX, and - with SciTE editor ( the "SciTE in ConTeXt" mscite-p.pdf manual seems a bit outdated: it mentions a SciTEUser.properties file which is nowhere to find ) Some advice on where to look and/or how to proceed would be utmost welcome. I'm missing some pieces of the puzzle. :O) Many thanks, Alan

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modules maps fails
by Diego Depaoli 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi all, trying build the example at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules/Maps I get the following cryptic error (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-one.tex) (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-gyr.tex) ! Font \*map7ptmmmrss*:=zeurm10 at 7.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosetmathfamilyB ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontclass... \dosetmathfamily ...athfamily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \fontbody #3\dodosetm... <inserted text> ...ptscriptface \c!mr \mrfallback \dosetmathfamily \mifam \t... \synchronizemath ...athfonts \the \mathstrategies \fi ... l.118 \setupbodyfont [map,10pt] ? ! Emergency stop. Something similar happens in live too. What I'm wrong? Regards -- Diego Depaoli

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Schedule in Bohinj
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Gour wrote: >>>>>> "Mojca" == Mojca Miklavec writes: > > Mojca> But you can always consult about details in Bohinj :) > > Hey, what is this: > > Sunday (24.08.) Hard work all day (& night) long > > Not even a free Sunday? > > That's heretic ;) Sorry, I fogot to mention on the webpage that we start with a holly mess at 7am on Sunday. Participation obligatory. http://tinyurl.com/5qpf6n (I wanted to organise the even in a monastery at first, but the location was not so attractive.) Protestants will have a chance to celebrate 500 years from birth of the first Slovenian book writer Primoz Trubar (born on 9th June 1508, yesterday was a big celebration in Tübingen, Germany), but sorry - the rest of the world can only enjoy a "free saturday". Mojca

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ConTeXt ultraminimals (was re: Perl/Ruby dependency)
by Joel C. Salomon 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > luatex + context mkiv is indeed independent [of Ruby] > > - index sorting takes place in mkiv > - job control is done with mtxrun/mtx-context Now that I've been told the idea is at least possible, I've been thinking about how to generate a micro-minimal mkiv distribution: no fonts except the LM set, no engines except luaTeX, no kpathsea, & preferably no external dependencies (perl, ruby, &c.). So how to best go about this? I'm downloading the current minimals (or should I use the .zips at <http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm>?); what can I cut out? --Joel

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mac install & page layout & numbered margin notes
by Joachim Kreimer-de Fries 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hello context-helpers for newbie: in the documents planned (in and over the Westphalian language) I wish to use many margin notes (word translations, exlanations etc.). The margin notes should be numbered with reference number (or other indication) in the text body. And I should be able to input utf-8 (because of umlaute and phonetical notations, IPA etc.). Therefore I installed some week ago => MacTeX on my MacBook Pro with OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and would like to use => ConTeXt, possibly within => TexShop (or elsewise, if better). But I need a lot of start-up help. Therefore I put the main questions of the moment here hoping, that some take pity with me and answer the one or the other of the following questions: 1. Installation of ConTeXt complete and actual? Has MacTeX braught me with it the main components of the ConTeXt system or should I update/complete it and how? texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD 2. How to switch to the German commands in ConTeXt? (Perheps that might help me a little to learn and remember commands. Therefore I want to switch if possible now at the beginning.) 3. How to setup page/layout dimensions? Because of the work with margin notes as a form of ever present accompanying, helping side text for the reader and learner, I need say ==> the third width of the right page for the margin notes. I read the applying chapters and passages in Hans Hagen's "ConTEXt the manual" (November 12, 2001) several times, but I couldn't get it yet. 4. How to set up => numbered margin notes and, thereover, => prevent, that they are printed one over the other, when there is not enough space between the referenced words/phrases in the text body? 5. How to find and learn the possible options to the commands? The few commands and options I found yet were token from the manuals, but this was rather trial and error. I attach the (abbreviated) Example of my first Text with ConTeXt, so that you can better see, what my most needed help could be (fo to come to an output with bride (right) margin and automatically numbered margin notes). The attached TeX file gave the pdf output, but nevertheless texexec (or what ever) gives me a FAILED message in the TexShop Console: ### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline -o /tmp/altpdflatex. 1646-1211465898/LyraV-TShop-source-u.ps LyraV-TShop-source-u.dvi This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) /usr/texbin/dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened. ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.1646-1211465898/LyraV-TShop- source-u.ps () Any help suggestions also for that? Thank you for reading my cry fore help, best wishes, "Met echt-westfälsken Gröiten" joachim -- Kreimer-de Fries, Berlin

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xml question
by Wolfgang Schuster 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi, I played with a little bit with the docbook syntax and came to a problem with headers. The text for chapter headers is written between the title elements, to get the text I use the \xmlfirst command but this did not prevent the text in the element to appear again in the normal document text. As a workaround I introduced the \ifheading to flush the content only in chapter headers, is there a better way to do this? It is also possible to place the title elements outside of the chapter group where it is used as a header by itself, I did this now by another test \ifchapter where I test if it called within a chapter or not but a better solution is welcome. My last question is what I the preferef method to define entities in MkIV, \defineXMLentity is a MkII command and did not fit in the MkIV xmlsetup commands. \startbuffer[test] <?xml version='1.0'?> <book> <title>Document with &ConTeXt;</title> <chapter id="first"><title>The first Chapter</title> <para>Normal Text.</para> <para>Normal Text.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="second"><title>Another Chapter</title> <para>Normal Text.</para> <para>Normal Text.</para> </chapter> </book> \stopbuffer \unprotect \startxmlsetups setup \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{title}{*} \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{chapter}{*} \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{para}{*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{setup} \newif\ifheading \newif\ifchapter \startxmlsetups title \ifchapter \ifheading\xmlflush{#1}\fi \else \title{\xmlflush{#1}} \fi \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups chapter \headingtrue \chaptertrue \chapter[\xmlatt{#1}{id}]{\xmlfirst{#1}{title}} \headingfalse \xmlflush{#1} \chapterfalse \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups para \xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \defineXMLentity [ConTeXt] \ConTeXt \protect \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{test}{} \stoptext Wolfgang

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