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[Dev-luatex] beta 0.20.1 released
by Taco Hoekwater 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.20.1. This is a bugfix release for wednesday's beta, and it fixes the following issues: * texlua was broken on Solaris because the some C header files were loaded in the wrong order. * os.tmpdir() now accepts an argument, making it easier to use. It now generates more unique filenames when it is called repeatedly in one run. * The --luaconly commandline switch is now documented in the --help text. * The new extended hyphenation exceptions were severely broken. * \pdfprotrudechars could cause luatex to abort with an assertion failure. * There was a bug in the \span code that could cause endless loops. * The simple forms of \leaders were messed up on windows because a variable was not properly initialized. * Non-grouped \textdir commands created invalid output. * e-TeX's pseudo files were not closed properly in ini mode. * The luatex.web now weaves properly again. * I made some small improvements to the manual. I have uploaded source and linux/win32 binaries to http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ Have fun, Taco _______________________________________________ dev-luatex mailing list dev-luatex(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/dev-luatex

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Project file structure
by Jeff Smith 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hi all! I know that ConTeXt looks for files *higher*in the directory tree when it doesn't find them. But is there a way to tell ConTeXt to specifically look for files lower in the tree? One of my project - a dictionary - will involve thousands of component files, as the best way to manage its production is to keep every entry in an individual component file. But I'm a sucker for orderly and clean directories. I'd really like to group all my stuff into several subdirectories, below my main file. :-) Is it possible, or am I grasping at straws here? Thanks! Jeff

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\doifmode{mkiv}
by Johan Sandblom 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Is there a test for whether mkiv or mkii is being run? Something like \doifmodeelse{mkiv}{whatever} Johan -- Johan Sandblom, MD PhD m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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Re: [NTG-context] how to change 'figure 1.1' to '?? 1.1'
by Jeong Dalyoung 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Dear Mojca and Wolfgang, I am sorry to give you a unclear question. We usually write the chapter title "(a character) (chapter no) (a character) (chapter title)" and I know how to set chapter title as above form using setuplabel or setuphead. Your methods give me more choices. Then the \completecontent and \completeindex follows the above setup of chapters. My question was how to make the head title setup of contents and of indices free from the chapter setup? Now, I find that the prefix{"(a character) (chapter no) (a character)"} can be suppressed using "prefix=no" parameter in \setupcombinedlist for contents and indices. It seems to me that we may define a new format for contents and indices by using "command" in \setupcombinedlist. I'll test it soon. If there is a sample file for this, please let me know. It is really hard for me to follow ConTeXt's power. Thank you for the replies. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] how to change 'figure 1.1' to '?? 1.1' (Mojca Miklavec)
by Dalyoung Jeong 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Dear Mojca, On Dec 8, 2007, at 3:35 AM, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: >> Yesterday, after I reinstalled TeXlive and updated ConTeXt, I got >> "kpathsea: >> Running mktextfm lmtypewriter10-regular " message. As a temporary >> method, I >> renamed mktextfm. > > Just change > MKTEXTFM = 0 > in texmf.cnf I am sorry that now I remembered what you said before about "mktextfm=0". I found it in the mail from you. After setting it, no error messages again. Thank you. lang-kor.tex is modified more by the help of people in KTUG. To make it more usable, I'd like to know a few things more. After defining \chapter in lang-kor, completecontent and completeindex follow the setup of chapter as following: "제 장 contents" or "제 no 장 index" (of course, contents and index are in korean) because \chpater{ch- title} produces in such a way, i.e., "제 ch-no 장 ch-title". But I'd like to write contents and indices in differently. I looked up \setupcombinedlist but I don't know how to make it happen. Is there any sample for this? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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TeX ligatures in XeTeX/LuaTeX: ``who needs them''?
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hello, just wondering: how many ConTeXt-ers depend on ligatures such as: '' (double quote) and '' (two single quotes) -> right double quote `` -> left double quote ,, -> DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK or even more weird ones: !` -> inverted exclam ?` -> inverted question << -> LEFT POINTING GUILLEMET (never heard of that ligature) >> -> RIGHT POINTING GUILLEMET Some ligatures are handy indeed: -- -> endash --- -> emdash ' -> right single quote (I'm, isn't etc.) I'm posting that question to get some feedback about which ones are expected to work/are fundamental for XeTeX & LuaTeX, so that others might be dropped from default additional font features (for third-party fonts). (I'm thinking about replacing tex-text in XeTeX with something: - more minimalistic - compatible with mkiv. Of course, users are still free to provide "tex-text" mapping explicitely as it's probably going to hang aound forever, together with XeTeX itself.) Mojca

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showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hi, when in february 2006 I asked for an alternative to fontspec that could show me opentype features, Adam wrote: I find that the lcdf typetools are a tremendous help: otfinfo -f ~/Library/Fonts/WarnockPro-Regular.otf and I can test the features with: \showfont["Warnock Pro: +smcp"] Today this showfont-line doesn't work anymore: \definetypeface[oneliner][rm][Xserif][Warnock Pro][default] \starttext \oneliner Test WQG 0196 \showfont["Warnock Pro: +smcp"] \stoptext Someone knows what to do? Thanks, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] "Semi-verbatim" - preserve whitespace - don't escape character
by dexterclarke＠Safe-mail.net 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

> Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > \startlines > verbatin text > \stoplines Thanks! That's almost perfect. I've noticed that space is still inserted after punctuation characters such as '.', ':' and '!'. Is it possible to disable this as well? I've read a little about category codes but I'm not entirely sure if that's what I should be using (perhaps ConTeXt provides a higher level macro for it?). __ dc

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gobbling previous space
by Idris Samawi Hamid 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Dear gang, For some macro writing, I need a low-level command that will gobble the space before it so that ========= Here is some text.% \mycommand ========= is equivalent to ========= Here is some text. \mycommand ========= without the %. I'm sure there's a context command for this hidden somewhere... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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"Semi-verbatim" - preserve whitespace - don't escape characters
by dexterclarke＠Safe-mail.net 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Hi. I'm working on a document processor that has multiple backends for different output formats (XHTML, nroff, plain text, ConTeXt). The processor uses s-expression syntax with commands such as: (para "this is a paragraph") The various backends then convert this statement in their own way (using <p></p> tags in XHTML, for example). There is one command that allows rendering of external files based on whatever backend is selected: (render "file") The XHTML backend includes "file", escaping all 'illegal' characters such as <, >, & etc. The ConTeXt backend reads the file and also escapes characters, placing their TeX equivalent in the output - $\}$, $\backslash$ etc. Both backends place the contents of "file" directly in the output, they don't, for example, use the <object> tags in XHTML, or any ConTeXt file inclusion directives. This is desirable for many reasons that are out of scope for this post... The problem I am having is that one may do this: (para-verbatim (render "file")) The para-verbatim tag is meant to preserve whitespace in the output. For example, this becomes: <pre>contents of file</pre> in the XHTML output. Unfortunately, I've hit a wall when it comes to the ConTeXt equivalent: The ConTeXt backend reads in "file" and prints it to the output, escaping all reserved TeX characters, as mentioned earlier, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be the equivalent of: \preservewhitespace contents of file \stoppreservingwhitespace "\starttyping" is too heavy handed in that it also escapes characters rather than just preserving whitespace (they've already been escaped by my document processor, as mentioned earlier). What I need is a directive that says "preserve whitespace" but does not escape reserved TeX characters. Does any such thing exist in ConTeXt? Unfortunately, I'm inexperienced with TeX so I don't know how feasible this is. -- dc

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