Dear gang,
There is a bug in the latest ConTeXt that affects aleph, particularly
\pardir TRT. Needless to say this is an absolute showstopper...
Try this:
===========================
\pardir TLT
test
\bye
===========================
$>aleph test
works fine, but
$>texexec --tex=aleph test
gives an error:
===========================
This is Aleph, Version 3.141592-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (Web2c 7.5.3)
\write18 enabled.
Copyright (c) 2002--2004 the Aleph task force
entering extended mode
(test.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.21 int: english mes: english
systems : eTeX version 201 -> too old (bugs)
language : language en is active
system : cont-new loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
color : palette rollover is available
)
system : cont-old loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading : Context Old Macros
)
system : cont-fil loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading : Context File Synonyms
)
system : cont-sys loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex)
bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded
language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2
de->texnansi:tex
nansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2
fr->ec:ec->6->2:2
es->ec:ec->7->2:2 pt->ec:ec->8->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->9->2:2
it->ec:ec->1
0->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->11->2:2 nl->ec:ec->12->2:2 cz->il2:il2->13->2:2
c
z->ec:ec->14->2:2 sk->il2:il2->15->2:2 sk->ec:ec->16->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->17->2:2
pl->ec:ec->18->2:2 loaded
specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
system : test.top loaded
(./test.top)
! Undefined control sequence.
\pardir #1#2#3->\global \TeXXeTstate
\plusone \if #2L\chardef
\inlinedirecti...
l.1 \pardir TLT
===========================
Two more notes:
1. There is a complaint that
: eTeX version 201 -> too old (bugs)
2. There is no aleph.ini file in mswincontext so I had to import it from
\TeXLive to make the format. Also manfnt is missing in mswincontext; should
not the minimal context installation also support the plain format?
Thnx as always
Idris
============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
