Re: [NTG-context] OpenType in ConTeXt
well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i use luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also usese afm files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not needed any more)
How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use?
Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give.
Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in parallel? Wolfgang
Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in parallel?
And Mark III! That's what ConTeXt Live does http://live.contextgarden.net/ There are some configuration issues and I haven't solved them all, but that's mostly because I'm waiting for the steam to disappear after the explosion of updates since two days. In a couple of days I should have come up to a definitive solution and I can document it on the site; I planned on doing that anyway.
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i use luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also usese afm files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not needed any more) How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use? Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give.
Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in parallel?
Certainly. In the past year, I have been happy running all of these at the same time: texexec | texexec --pdftex % engine=pdftex texexec --aleph % engine=aleph texexec --luatex % engine=luatex texexec --xetex % engine=xetex Cheers, Taco
On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i use luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also usese afm files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not needed any more)
How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use?
Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give.
Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in parallel?
Certainly. In the past year, I have been happy running all of these at the same time:
texexec | texexec --pdftex % engine=pdftex texexec --aleph % engine=aleph texexec --luatex % engine=luatex texexec --xetex % engine=xetex
Is there a phrase or a sentence that will describe the distinguishing characteristcs and/or status of each of these choices? Well, we know about the first one :<) I am bewildered by the rapid changes. -- John Culleton _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
John R. Culleton wrote:
On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i use luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also usese afm files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not needed any more) How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use? Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give. Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in parallel? Certainly. In the past year, I have been happy running all of these at the same time:
texexec | texexec --pdftex % engine=pdftex texexec --aleph % engine=aleph texexec --luatex % engine=luatex texexec --xetex % engine=xetex
Is there a phrase or a sentence that will describe the distinguishing characteristcs and/or status of each of these choices? Well, we know about the first one :<) I am bewildered by the rapid changes.
pdftex : traditional tex engine, extended with some functionality aleph : wide font multidirectional tex engine with input parsing xetex : unicode tex engine with open type support based on libs luatex : unicode tex engine with embedded scripting machinery luatex has pdftex and aleph as starting point and depends on lua code for advanced font (etc) support ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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