Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt hyphenation patterns for Indic languages

On 12/14/2013 2:17 PM, Rajeesh K Nambiar wrote:

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 12/14/2013 1:06 PM, Rajeesh K Nambiar wrote:

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Hello,

I have tried to generate the hyphenation patterns for Malayalam language from the TeX hyphenation patterns, but the unicode characters were skipped. On TeXLive 2013, ConTeXt version 2013.04.20, this is what was tried:

1. Uncommented line for "ml" in mtx-patterns.lua 2. Ran "mtxrun --script patterns --convert --path=/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyph-utf8/patterns/txt/ --destination=/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/patterns/" 3. Output shows all patterns are removed with similar messages to: "mtx-patterns | removing line with suspected utf character അ (0x0D05), category lo: 1അ1"

What is the proper way to add hyphenation patterns for a new language?

In addition, how to add a 'new language' to the ConTeXt base (such that \language[ml] can be used? I see "base/lang-ind.mkii" where I could add "\setupheadtext" etc for the language, what is the equivalent for mkiv?

we need an entry in lang-def.mkiv

I was fiddling with lang-def.mkiv but "undefined control sequence" error was stopping me, will try to figure out the error.

probably because you used \??ml which was not yet defined

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i uploaded a beta that has the patterns and language definitions .. but up to you to check it and provide better settings if needed

Okay, is the best way to install beta to use the "Standalone ConTeXt" mechanism? Is it advisable to uninstall ConTeXt from TeXLive if so? (wiki says Context Standalone for Linux 32 bit is complied with glibc-2.3.6 while I have glibc-2.17).

just install it in a different place and it will run independently from texlive Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------