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temp files
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hello , Someone has written (Hans probably) that temporary files in luatex will sit in memory. But I see a horde of tmp, tuc, tui, etc... Did't that have to diappear? I just can't stand them :-) I use the recent stand-alone envinronment for Windows. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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still no success
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hello, Aha, I was right. Lua compiler is not needed, it is integrated into luatex. So, I copied luatex as texlua, luac and even texluac. It seems like format files was generated (i cannot bet), but what i get in the miserable result: TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1246 TeXExec | tex engine: luatex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en LuaTools | using format name /cont-en.fmt LuaTools | no luc/lua with name /cont-en LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.031 secondsTeXUtil | parsing file test.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 4 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 21 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 1.344 There is really no cont-en .lua file int he newest cont-tmf.zip. What I miss at this point? -- С наилучшими пожеланиями, Vyatcheslav mailto:yatskovsky@gmail.com

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Re: [NTG-context] installing MKIV
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hello Arthur, Yes, I've got that mail in the list. I was surprised too when occassionally found my namesake in the TeX community. I'm pleased that he is great! But I don't know Boguslaw personally and even don't have (known) relatives in Poland. So, Yatskovskie are prone to TeX. :) -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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presentation module
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hi all, after some feedback and some more fiddling around, I have now uploaded a first (beta) version of the presentation module. It can be downloaded at the garden: http://modules.contextgarden.net/taspresent It has been improved (at least I hope); in particular, it provides more configurability and a couple of new styles. Have a look and let me know if you like it. (And those to whom I have sent the first version: feedback would still be welcome!) Best Thomas

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luatex and defaultscale
by Peter Rolf 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Only to make Taco happy ;) donno if this an already known problem. Peter % - - - - - - - - - - \startuniqueMPgraphic{foo} % defaultfont:="\truefontname{Sans}"; defaultscale:=1.1; label("?",origin); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \starttext \null \uniqueMPgraphic{foo} \stoptext

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update of mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007+installation and usage of xetex 0.997
by Ardi 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hello all, 1. I have fetched mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007. I would like to update it to the latest status of ConTeXt and then install the latest (dev.) version 0.997 of XeTeX but I miss somehow the procedure on the context/xetex mailing list. Can somebody help me? 2. Is there a procedure to get Context+XeTeX running+updating in: a) standalone Context (mswincontext.zip) b) context in tex distribution as Miktex2.5,2.6/Protext c) TexLive 2007 d)W32Tex? Thanks and regards, Ardi --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

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mkiv goes beta
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hi, ConTeXt MKiV goes beta. Now, why today, 06/08/07? It happens to be the birthday of one of the most demanding users on this list and when at bachotek 2007 we discussed the moment of going beta Arthur suggested that this would be the perfect day. I could not agree more, especially because Mojca is one of the most demanding and testing users and eagerly awaiting new things. So, Mojca, here's your birthday present! It's part of a package from Taco, Arthur, Patrick and me .. - of course there is the luaTeX binary, even better than the beta (be patient with taco in fixing bugs) - then there is a new wiki page (cleverly hidden till today, you don't want to know what tricks arthur used to get it all running well) - of course you can now also try luaTeX/MkIV on the wiki running page (don't complain too much to patrick about performance) - and yes, you need the latest ConTeXt zip as well (i cross my fingers that it works ok) On the website there is the usual zip, but also a new magazine, one that tells how to install luaTeX: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-0012.pdf When I was preparing this release I had "Major Impacts 2" and "Split Decision" (by Steve Morse) running in loop-mode on the sqeezebox. I realize that LuaTeX will have a major impact on ConTeXt, as has the decision to split into MkII and MkIV. The experiences of many years of user demand and usage will be reflected in upcoming releases. The challenge will be to get the mosy ou tof all engines. A few extra notes: - typescripts are reorganized so that in luaTeX open type fonts are used instead, by default some features are enabled - using type one fonts is possible (no encoding needed), but the backend needs a fix to support wide fonts, Taco is working on this - typesetting arab and such is possible, more on this later on this list; scripts like chinese is work in progress - there is much experimental, unused code, but expect to see more of it coming into action the next months - make sure to install lua itself because 'luac' is needed to bytecompile cached data (much faster) - make sure to set the TEXMFCACHE environment variable as well as TEXMFCNF and TEXMF; caching is really needed and because we no longer use kpse MkIV needs to know what tree to use I uploaded the lot, minimals included. Expect more frequent uploades since I'm not sure if thinks work for all platforms. Also, be prepared to keep your own binaries uptodate. And ... from now on xetex users should use the official \definefontfeature interface as well. Happy testing ... 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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Fwd: update of mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007+installation and usage of xetex 0.997
by Ardi 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hello all, my mail was posted to the list and so far nobody has approved it. Is there a changed e-mail address or the mailing list is not working anymore? Regards, Ardi Note: forwarded message attached. --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

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Splitting footnotes
by Matt Gushee 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Hello, folks-- I am trying to typeset a book that has many footnotes; most of them are of moderate length, but a few are terribly long[*]. I am trying to use \setupfootnotes[split=*], but so far haven't got good results. You see, there is only one footnote that really needs to be split across pages (it takes up about two-thirds of a page); if I use [split=tolerant], many footnotes get split, which I would like to avoid, but if I say [split=strict], the longest one does not get split. I have also tried numeric values, but that doesn't seem to do anything. So my questions/comments are: 1. What does a numeric value represent, and what is the range of useful values? I first tried fairly small values like 1, 10, 25, thinking it was the number of lines, then thought it might be a tolerance value (as in \badness), and tried 1000 and 10000. None of these numbers had any effect. 2. It seems there is a very large gap between 'strict' and 'tolerant'. Might it not be a good idea to have four steps, e.g. 'verystrict', 'strict', 'tolerant', and 'verytolerant'; or 'verystrict', 'strict', 'medium', and 'tolerant'? [*] Of course, the ideal solution would be to edit or delete the overly long ones. However, I'm working with a well-known 19th century text. Thus, it's in the public domain and I can legally do whatever I want with it, but I don't feel it would be appropriate to make substantive alterations to the content. -- Matt Gushee : Bantam - lightweight file manager : matt.gushee.net/software/bantam/ : : RASCL's A Simple Configuration Language : matt.gushee.net/rascl/ :

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Usage of \setupfootnotedefinition?
by Matt Gushee 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Hi, all-- Can anyone point me to a realistic example(s) of \setupfootnotedefinition? I think it may help to solve a problem I am working with, but don't understand precisely how to use it. -- Matt Gushee

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