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Re: [NTG-context] Ancient Greek
by Giuseppe Bilotta 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi, > I am about to edit a book with quotes in ancient (polyphonic) greek. > How can this be done in ConTeXt? > Searching for answers I found the long and painful thread > started by Thomas A. Schmitz almost one year ago. > Do we have an easier way available today? Download Claudio Beccari's fonts. (cbgreek) Use the attached cbgreek.tex typescript file (Hans, maybe it's the case to add it to the distribution?) and you should then be able to type something like this: ==== greektest.tex ===== \usetypescriptfile[cbgreek] \usetypescript [all] [cbgreek] \def\enablegreek{\language[greek]\catcode`~=\other\catcode`|=\other} \def\startgreek{\par\begingroup\setupbodyfont[cbgreek]\enablegreek} \let\stopgreek\endgroup \def\greek{\groupedcommand{\switchtobodyfont[cbgreek]\enablegreek}{}} \mainlanguage[english] \starttext We can easily use plain English for normal text, and then switch to greek when we want; as a first try we type the lower and upper case 26 letters of the latin alphabet and see how they come out in greek: \startgreek a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z \stopgreek As it can be observed, some uppercase letters have strange outcomes; also, j gives \greek{j} and c gives the end-of-word sigma \greek{c}; interestingly, s gives either the normal sigma or the end-of-word one, depending on whether it's at the of the word or not: \greek{satrapws}. Of course we can use the various diacritical signs: accents (\greek{`a, 'a, ~a}), breathings (\greek{<r, >w, a"}) and subscribed iotas (\greek{a|, h|, w|}) (these last are pretty ugly in my opinion); observe how they automatically get the correct position with uppercase letters: (\greek{`A, 'A, ~A, <A, >A, A|}). Can the thing be used for serious work? \startgreek >'Andra moi >'ennepe, Mo~usa, pol'utropon, >'os m'ala poll`a\hfill\break pl'agqjh, >epe`i Tro'ihs <er`on ptol'iejron >'eperse;\hfill\break poll~wn d" >anjr'wpwn >'iden >'astea ka`i n'oon >'egnw,\hfill\break poll`a d" <'o g" >en p'ontw| p'ajen >'algea <`on kat`a jum'on,\hfill\break >arn'umenos <'hn te yuq`hn ka`i n'oston <eta'irwn. \stopgreek \stoptext =======

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: How to use PostScript font
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> Date: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:01 pm Subject: [NTG-context] Re: How to use PostScript font > > Please post an error message on the things that we have written. (But > I doubt you will get any.) > The following works at live.contextgarden.net, but not on my Fedora Core 2 installation. \usetypescript[adobekb][ec] \setupbodyfont[ppl,11pt] \starttext The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoptext Please advise on how to fix this issue. [khilji@localhost PalatinoTest]$ texexec --pdf test TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) entering extended mode (./test.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.5.28 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! system (E-TEX) : [line 726] \ifcsname ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : test.top loaded (./test.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 1815] \ifcsname <unprotect 5> <protect 5> <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map typescript : [adobekb] [ec] [] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex typescript : [serif] [palatino] [name,ec] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [serif] [default] [size] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [map] [ec] [] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-adobe-utopia.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bit-charter.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antp.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antt.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-bookman.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-courier.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-helvetica.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-palatino.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-times.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-zapfchan.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-px.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-tx.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bh-lucida.map ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-uplr8a /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation c- for ec-uplr8a. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/share/texmf/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uplr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uplr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*11ptrmtf*=ec-uplr8a at 11.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun d. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.2 \setupbodyfont[ppl,11pt] ?

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Text overwrites float instead of wrapping around it
by Adam Warner 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Hi Hans and all, The example below demonstrates text completely overwriting a figure (with Debian sid & TeTeX version 2.0.2b-1). \starttext \setupfloats[spacebefore=,spaceafter=] \reservefigure[height=2cm,width=4cm,frame=on][left]{} {\bf Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,} consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \stoptext I processed the TeX file using texexec --output=pdftex filename.tex Regards, Adam

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texutil "malformed UTF-8 character" error
by Duncan Hothersall 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

I'm running the latest beta on top of a TeXlive 2003 install on linux. The job I'm currently running needs various tables of contents (and a set of bookmarks) but texutil (v. 8.2) seems to be choking on the .tui file at the very end of the run with this message: TeXUtil 8.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 action : processing commands, lists and registers option : sorting IJ under Y option : converting high ASCII values input file : nubs-rg-bk.tui output file : nubs-rg-bk.tuo Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at /usr/TeX/texmf/scripts/context/perl/texutil.pl line 1520, <TUI> line 3. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at /usr/TeX/texmf/scripts/context/perl/texutil.pl line 979, <TUI> line 3. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at /usr/TeX/texmf/scripts/context/perl/texutil.pl line 990, <TUI> line 3. passed commands : 1136 remapped keys : 0 register entries : 0 -> 0 entries 0 references synonym entries : 0 -> 0 entries embedded files : 1 As you can see, as a result of the UTF-8 errors the .tui file isn't being successfully read, so I'm getting no register entries and hence no tables of contents ( or bookmarks). I'm in the process of composing a minimal example file, but it's tough going and I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction from the information in the error message. I'd be really grateful! (Impossible deadlines approach...) Thanks all. Duncan

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Re: [NTG-context] Ancient Greek
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:57:05 +0200: > > >Well, I'd love to use aleph - no doubt! But, as I work with MacOS(X) > >I fear I have to find a solution that will work for pdfetex. > > > >Could someone help me? > > Hmm. What's your timeframe? > I'm working on XeTeX drivers for ConTeXt that should get to a 90% > solution soonish... the question will then be what "weird" ConTeXt > features will you need? > > For those not aware, XeTeX is a very interesting eTeX variant that hooks > into MacOSX's advanced typography. It's Unicode-native, and uses native > Mac fonts without any TeXFont-y conversion necessary. It supports Apple's > AAT features as well as OTF features. As far as I understood I order to typeset text in xetex you have to use basically plain TeX-commands. So, when you say you're working on XeTeX drivers for ConTeXt does that mean that I can write normal context code but typeset with XeTeX instead of pdfeTeX? That would be great. Because my aim is to include polytonic greek quotes in my context document, and I setup an ideal context environment for my publications already and don't want to start with plain TeX again. So if my understanding is right, when do you think XeTeX will be available for us ConTeXt users? Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] Ancient Greek
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid(a)colostate.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:57:07 +0200, Steffen Wolfrum > <context(a)st.estfiles.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am about to edit a book with quotes in ancient (polyphonic) greek. > > How can this be done in ConTeXt? > > Well, you can always use aleph; see typ-omg.tex and m-gamma.tex for > details. I can also send you a sample file if you like. But if you are not > adventurous;-) I suspect there is a solution that will work for pdfetex. > > Best > Idris Well, I'd love to use aleph - no doubt! But, as I work with MacOS(X) I fear I have to find a solution that will work for pdfetex. Could someone help me? Steffen

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Ancient Greek
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hi, I am about to edit a book with quotes in ancient (polyphonic) greek. How can this be done in ConTeXt? Searching for answers I found the long and painful thread started by Thomas A. Schmitz almost one year ago. Do we have an easier way available today? Steffen Wolfrum

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Re: [NTG-context] a footnote bug?
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hi Hans, I'm very sorry - maybe i'm blind today - but I can't see any change. What does "headcommand=\llap" actually mean? I tried with various parameter, but again no effect. Could you give a small example please? Steffen > >>>Does this distance cannot be adjusted? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>can you make me a small demo file? > >> > >>Hans > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >Yes, sure. > >I just made a frame around the footnote number so you'll can clearly see the gap: > > > >\def\myFNnumber#1{\inframed[width=\leftmarginwidth,offset=.0em,frame=on,align=left]{#1}} > >\setupfootnotedefinition[command=\myFNnumber,location=inleft] > >\setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location={header,right}] > >\showframe \showgrid > > > >\starttext > >test\footnote{first note} > >\page testest\footnote{second note} > >\stoptext > > > > > this is not so much a bug but a missing feature -) > > in cont-new.tex, add: > > \startconstants dutch english > german czech > italian romanian > > kopcommando: kopcommando headcommand > headcommand headcommand > headcommand headcommand > > \stopconstants > > \unprotect > \setvalue{@@definitie\v!commando}#1{\do@@definitie{\executeifdefined{\??dd#1\c!kopcommando}\framed}{#1}} > \protect > > Now you can say: > > \setupfootnotedefinition[location=command,headcommand=\llap] > > and go wild with putting footnote markers anywhere > > Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] a footnote bug?
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >when setting the \setupfootnotedefinition > >with location=margin, or location=inleft > >there is always a little distance between footnote number and footnote text. > >Neither width nor distance can affect it. > > > >Does this distance cannot be adjusted? > > > > > can you make me a small demo file? > > Hans Yes, sure. I just made a frame around the footnote number so you'll can clearly see the gap: \def\myFNnumber#1{\inframed[width=\leftmarginwidth,offset=.0em,frame=on,align=left]{#1}} \setupfootnotedefinition[command=\myFNnumber,location=inleft] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location={header,right}] \showframe \showgrid \starttext test\footnote{first note} \page testest\footnote{second note} \stoptext Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] Typing in Polytonic Greek
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> wrote: > Am 19.08.2004 um 23:39 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: > > What should I write in my tex document so that ConTeXt understands the > > UTF-8 glyphs > > that I am typing with Polytonic Greek? > > Did you try > \enableregime[utf8] > > > > Grüßlis vom Hraban! Sure, but it doesn't have any effect on my file: \def\typescriptfiles{type-athenian.tex} \usetypescript[AthenianGreek] \setupencoding[default=8r] \mainlanguage[de] \setupbodyfont[AthenianGreek,20pt] \enableregime[utf8] \starttext ± [greek text in UTF-8 characters] \stoptext Maybe Hans can help? Steffen P.S. The font used here is "athenian" from http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~pinax/greekkeys/Atheniandownload.html

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