On May 2, 2008, at 11:46 AM, cidadaum@sapo.pt wrote:
I managed to install the greek module. Here is where it is placed:
adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third> ls t-ancientgreek adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third> cd t-ancientgreek/ adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third/t-ancientgreek> ls fonts t-ancientgreek.mkiv t-oldgreek.tex type- agr.mkiv t-ancientgreek.mkii t-ancientgreek.tex type-agr.mkii type-agr.tex adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third/t-ancientgreek>
adsm@adsm:~> kpsewhere t-ancientgreek.tex /etc/texmf/tex/context/third/t-ancientgreek/t-ancientgreek.tex
Oh boy. This is really not the place where your personal additions to your TeX installation should go. But if it can find the files in this location, let's take it from there.
The point now is that I need to build the fonts (or build the metric =20 files of the fonts). So need to use texfont, am I right? One mandatory =20 argument is the vendor's name. Which name should I type for GFSDidot, =20 GFSPorson, Ibycus, Gentium?
No, the entire point is that the module comes with these metric files; I have prepared all this and run texfont for you. Plus, you don't need any metrical files for XeTeX. I have included a couple of fonts too, so you should be good to go. Try a minimal file: \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[ancientgreek][font=GFSPorson] \starttext test: \localgreek{Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά} \stoptext
Another issue: Xetex says repeatedly (as you can see on the attached file)
! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \beginOLDTEX
Two explanations are possible (there was no attachment to your mail): - you're not using ConTeXt. you should invoke it with texexec --xtx yourfilename.tex - your ConTeXt is too old. OpenSuSE has TeXLive 2007, I guess, so you should update ConTeXt.
I ask if there is no compatibility between Xetex and greekmodule can I =20 use Context with unicode (utf8) input (the manual which I suppose is =20 quite outdated says Context expects pure ASCII input)?
As I said, with the latest version, you should be able to use all engines. So you can use ConTeXt with utf8 input (you have to include the \enableregime[utf] line at the beginning of the file) or XeTeX (which will only work with utf8-input) or luatex. Which manual says that ConTeXt expects pure ASCII input? Thomas