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Re: [NTG-context] Chinese in utf-8
by Duncan Hothersall 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Lutz Haseloff said: > i prepared a small perl script to convert chinese utf-8 encoded > tex-files to gbk coded tex-files. Thanks so much, I look forward to trying it out next week when I get back to work, and will let you know how I get on. Thanks for taking the time. Duncan

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Re: [NTG-context] German ß
by Adam Lindsay 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

[Wolfgang, I hope you don't mind me copying parts of your response to the list. -adam] Wolfgang Zillig said this at Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:06:32 +0200: >Hello Adam, > >thanks for your answer! > >>Hi. I'm just catching up with this issue. >>Mojca is giving you the right information. I've installed hfbright on my >>machine and can confirm that it is OT1 (context's `default' encoding) >>only. The easiest way to fix this for you is to return to the >>typescripts and make sure they say: >> [encoding=default] instead of >> [encoding=ec] >> >> >> >ok, I did not know that OT1 is equal default. It's another FAQ... >>As you are probably aware, there are issues with hyphenation and the OT1 >>encoding. However, the TFMs and free Type 1 glyphs for this font simply >>are not around. >> >> >> >in the package hfbright there are pfb included (I think this are the >type 1). tfms are also on my system Yes, on my system, the TFMs are actually from the CMBright package, and the map file redirects to the HFBright Type1/.pfb files. >I don't know much about hyphenantion, but why are there problems? There's a little bit of explanation here: <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Encodings_and_Regimes> ...but basically, TeX's hyphenation trickery doesn't know how to deal with composite characters (when it puts an " atop a u [pardon my 7-bit rendition]). If a word contains a composite "u as a character, it won't break. If it contains a full ü, TeX can deal with it. > >>May I suggest looking at the new Latin Modern light sans fonts for text, >>and using hfbright for mathematics only? >> >> >> >Propably you are right and I should go the easy way and simply use an >other font. Do you know if there is a ready package for the Latin Modern >light sans? Um, disregard that. I must have hallucinated that font. It doesn't exist. Sorry. adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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MathML: Spacing bug
by Christopher Creutzig 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Salvete, afaics, the following three mathml snippets encode exactly the same thing: ---[1]------------ <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>::</mo> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> ---[2]------------ <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>::</mo> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> ---[3]------------ <mrow> <mi>a</mi><mo>::</mo><mi>b</mi> </mrow> However, I only get the expected output from the third version. Any workaround or bugfix? Regards, Christopher

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German ß
by Wolfgang Zillig 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Hello, i have some problems with an selfcreated typescriptfile. Until one of the last context-updates everythin works fine. The font I use is from the hfbright package (the hfbright package is a free version of the cmbright font) but when I created that typescript I did't relalize that a full font package was available and I renamed the fonts (therefore I will not provide that ugly typescript file here). I don't know what has changed but the german ß is not working any more. I use as font encoding ec and as regime win. I'm a bit confused where exactly my problem lies: either the encoding is wrong, but I do't know which one is right because in the latex package hfbright the encoding is called OT1. Has anyone an idea how to fix this problem or can anyone help me to set up a context module like the hfbright-module? Many thanks Wolfgang

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Debian Install
by K. David Prince 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

I followed the instructions on: <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation>. I even purged out the old tetex packages before doing the apt-get install. Now, upon "Checking" I get: ===Begin=== jaz:~# texexec --version TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.10.14 mes: english total run time : 2 seconds jaz:~# kpsewhich texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf jaz:~# kpsewhich context.tex /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.tex jaz:~# ===End=== My concern is with the results from the kpsewhich command. I'm not getting: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf and /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex respectively. My question: Should I move the file, for example, /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf to /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex or use a link from one to the other? Or, just leave it alone. My assumption is that the Debian package management system takes care of these things. But, then, this is part of an experimental distribution, so maybe, I'm thinking, I need to "fine tune" things....still. Thanks, Dave

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Chinese in utf-8
by Duncan Hothersall 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Hi all. I have ConTeXt set up to output Chinese using usemodule[chinese], all fonts, encodings and maps are installed and the sample file works well. Now I have a whole load of Chinese text in utf-8 encoding. Can ConTeXt process this, or do I have to convert it to another encoding? I tried \enableregime[utf] and \useencoding[uc] but it just produced black blobs instead of Chinese characters. I hope ConTeXt can do it? :-) Thanks, Duncan

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Re: [NTG-context] strange (?) exporting from pdf
by andrea valle 16 Oct '05

16 Oct '05

Thanks Mojca, Nothing changed adding the lines you wrote, also with permutation. I'm using TeXShop Version 1.35 (v1.35e) on macosx 10.3.8 Best -a- On 15 Oct 2005, at 22:58, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I don't have Acrobat at the moment and I can't try it. The problem > with missing spaces is pretty strange (it's known but it should have > been improved in the more recent versions as far as I know). Accents > should be solvable (read: if they don't work, something has to be done > so that they will start working). > > See > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/ > 20050727.103550.62ca287e.en.html > > \useencoding[pfr] > \startencoding [ec] > \usepdffontresource ec > \stopencoding > > % perhaps the order is important (that these two lines have to be > above instead of below) > \usetypescript[modern][ec] > \setupbodyfont[rm] > > Does this improve anything? > > > (I recently very rarely read the mailing list; please cc responses to > mojca.miklavec(a)guest.arnes.si as well.) > > Mojca > > Andrea Valle Laboratorio multimediale "G. Quazza" Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Arabic transliteration macros
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Oct '05

16 Oct '05

Dear syndicate, I have been using some ugly/naive macros for scientific transliteration of Arabic up to now. I recently overhauled these after studying the enco-def.tex method. These might be useful for others who have to transliterate Arabic. (I have written my own scientific transliteration by the way, based on the German ZDMG system:) http://www.gsp-online.org/journals/journaldocs/shi/transliteration.pdf imacron occurs very frequently in Arabic transliteration, in virtually every system. In Latin Modern the macron on the `i' is too large and looks really bad when used frequently. I've redefined it, and would suggest that, for lmr anyway, that something like the imacron definition below works much better than the default. On the other hand, I need to make the imacron definition more general to include the bold case (which needs a thicker macron). How can I add a conditional to the macro definition of \itextmacron so that it selects its argument based on whether \tf (and the like) or \bf (and the like) is in effect? I wish that TeX had a simple \iffont test but maybe there is an easy way to do that? If there are any other suggestions or comments to improve or streamline this, please let me know. Best Idris ===================arabic-trans.tex=================== \setupoutput[pdftex] %%%=====================low-level==================== \def\SHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern-.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in lower accents \def\USHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in upper accents \def\buildtextbottombreve{\bottomaccent{.25ex}{0}{19}{\textbreve}} %%%=====================basic transliteration==================== \def\Al{\~a\~l} \unexpanded\def\h#1{{\buildtextbottombreve #1}} \unexpanded\def\.#1{{\buildtextbottomdot #1}} \unexpanded\def\:#1{{\buildtextaccent\textdotaccent #1}} %%%=====================ayn-hamzah==================== \def\cupd{\leavevmode% \USHIFT{14}\rotate[rotation=180,location=high]{\txx c}% \SHIFT{14}} \definecharacter AYN {\leavevmode\raise.9ex\hbox{\txx \USHIFT{1} c\SHIFT{0}}{}} \definecharacter HAMZAH {\leavevmode\kern.07em\raise.9ex\hbox{\cupd}{}} \def\'{\HAMZAH} \def\`{\AYN} %% replace grave and acute \unexpanded\def\Grave#1{{\accent"12 #1}} \unexpanded\def\Acute#1{{\accent"13 #1}} %%%=====================imacron==================== \unexpanded\def\itextmacron{\leavevmode\rlap{\USHIFT{14}\kern.033em\raise1.375 ex% \hbox to .21243em{\leaders\hrule height .067ex\hfill}}} \definecharacter imacron {\buildtextaccent\itextmacron \dotlessi} \starttext Long vowels: \blank[small] \=Adam \ kit\=ab \ {\it \=Adam \ kit\=ab } \=Im\=an \ M\=irz\=a \ {\it \=Im\=an \ M\=irz\=a} \=Ul\=a \ n\=un \ {\it \=Ul\=a \ n\=un} \blank Consonants: \blank[small] \b T\=ar \ \b ma\b tal \ {\it \b T\=ar \ \b ma\b tal} \.Husayn \ ma\.hall \ {\it \.Husayn \ ma\.hall} \h H\=alid \ ma\h hzan \ {\it \h H\=alid \ ma\h hzan} \b Dh\=at \ h\=a\b d\=a \ {\it \b Dh\=at \ h\=a\b d\=a} \.S\=ali\.h \ ma\.sdar \ {\it \.S\=ali\.h \ ma\.sdar} \.D\=amin \ mu\.dill \ {\it \.D\=amin \ mu\.dill} \.T\=ariq \ ma\.tar \ {\it \.T\=ariq \ ma\.tar} \.Z\=ahir \ ma\.zhar \ {\it \.Z\=ahir \ ma\.zhar} \:G\=afir \ \:gufr\=an \ {\it \:G\=afir \ \:gufr\=an} \blank Glottal stops: \blank[small] \`Al\=i \ ba\`du \ {\it \`Al\=i \ ba\`du} \'Alif \ Qur\'\=an \ {\it \'Alif \ Qur\'\=an} \blank Assimilation: \blank[medium] a. definite article \blank[small] Ibnu \~al-F\=aris {\it Ibnu \~al-F\=aris} Kit\=abu \Al-S\=ibawayh {\it Kit\=abu \Al-S\=ibawayh} \blank[medium] b. t\=a\' marb\=u\.ta\~h \blank[small] \h hal\=ifa\~h {\it \h hal\=ifa\~h} \h hal\=ifa\~tu \Al-nabiyy {\it \h hal\=ifa\~tu \Al-nabiyy} \stoptext ====================================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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dvipdfmx-reminder for next version
by Idris Samawi Hamid 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Dear Hans and the rest of the gang, This is just a friendly reminder for the next ConTeXt version. There is a bug in the ctxtools. Consider the original-public-lm.map. Lines such as cmbsy10 cmbsy10 cmbsy5 cmbsy5 cmbsy6 cmbsy7 should become either cmbsy10 default cmbsy10 cmbsy5 default cmbsy5 cmbsy6 default cmbsy7 partucularly when the name of the tfm and pfb do differ; or just cmbsy10 cmbsy5 cmbsy6 where the name of the tfm and pfb do NOT differ. Otherwise dvipdfmx will fail-( Probably easier to just do <tfm> <default> <pfb> for all cases... All the best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Debian Install
by Idris Samawi Hamid 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >Olivier wrote: > >>Actually, the file texmf.cnf should be located at /etc/texmf/ like all >>the config files for the tetex distrib (and I assume the /usr/share/texmf/web2c >>is just a link from there). >> >> >actually, moving all such files to etc is a bad idea; if etc really wants that file there (maybe under /etc/web2c), best make a symlink from there to the formal place tex tree; makes updating easier; a lot of effort goes into making the tex tree clean and self contained, so moving files outside the tree is a bad idea. > >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 >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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