Re: [NTG-context] Use of lettrine module in LMTX
Gerben Wierda schrieb am 22.07.2021 um 08:43:
So, basically, the page on ConTeXt garden about using older modules in LMTX is incomplete: not all modules actually work.
Many of the modules on the garden are 10 years and older and predate MkIV/LuaTeX. A lot has changed since then and LMTX added many new commands which replaced older mechanism. There is no way all modules can work after these changes (especially modules which add font support in MkII). Wolfgang
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On 23 Jul 2021, at 13:04, Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Gerben Wierda schrieb am 22.07.2021 um 08:43:
So, basically, the page on ConTeXt garden about using older modules in LMTX is incomplete: not all modules actually work.
Many of the modules on the garden are 10 years and older and predate MkIV/LuaTeX.
A lot has changed since then and LMTX added many new commands which replaced older mechanism. There is no way all modules can work after these changes (especially modules which add font support in MkII).
It is OK and understandable that those modules wil be or become out of date. I just made a remark on ConTeXtgarden not mentioning this. I have now downloaded those modules because of the suggestion there, but I should remove them again as they are no longer maintained for LMTX and may not work or stop working at any moment. G
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 03:10:59PM +0200, Gerben Wierda wrote:
I just made a remark on ConTeXtgarden not mentioning this.
The ConTeXt garden is a collaborative effort; feel free to edit the page that contains incomplete or inaccurate information. Arthur
On 2021-07-23, Arthur Rosendahl
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 03:10:59PM +0200, Gerben Wierda wrote:
I just made a remark on ConTeXtgarden not mentioning this.
I am guilty and apologize for the bad advice. But I'd like to point out that not *all* the modules are out of date, so you may still want to retain the directory. For instance, the one I rely upon is the vim module for typesetting code, and that one is compatible with LMTX. There may be others. Nicola
On 7/25/2021 16:14, Nicola wrote:
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 03:10:59PM +0200, Gerben Wierda wrote:
I just made a remark on ConTeXtgarden not mentioning this. I am guilty and apologize for the bad advice. But I'd like to point out
On 2021-07-23, Arthur Rosendahl
wrote: that not *all* the modules are out of date, so you may still want to retain the directory. For instance, the one I rely upon is the vim module for typesetting code, and that one is compatible with LMTX. There may be others. Nicola
Indeed, there are modules that appear to work perfectly well with LMTX. The fancybreak module has no issues in the way I use it. Perhaps a list of modules known to run correctly with LMTX is called for, and perhaps a classification of modules to indicate which ConTeXt versions each supports, and a way to download a distribution-appropriate subset. -- Rik
On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, Rik Kabel wrote:
Perhaps a list of modules known to run correctly with LMTX is called for, and perhaps a classification of modules to indicate which ConTeXt versions each supports, and a way to download a distribution-appropriate subset.
For some of my modules, I *.mkii, *.mkiv, *.mkxl so that the engine-appropriate version is selected. Note that if there is LMTX prefers mkxl but will select mkiv if mkxl is not available. Aditya
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