[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?
On 18/01/2024 20:55, Gavin via ntg-context wrote: That’s fast enough for me. That's surely the key statement - 'fast' here is a personal thing, and 40 pages a second is fast enough for many people. It's certainly fast when you look at what LuaMetaTeX is doing, as Hans has said. Joseph ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] TUG 2023
On 04/01/2023 16:50, Thomas A. Schmitz via ntg-context wrote: Hi everybody, an excellent year 2023 to all of you - I hesitate to say "it can only get better from 2022." That's what we thought last year, and boy were we wrong and did it get worse... Let's hope that this year will be more peaceful and less pandemic... But to my topic: the official announcement for TUG 2023 is out. It will be in Bonn, Germany, in a building literally (literally!) just across the street from my university office. So I feel somewhat motivated to go and give a talk on ConTeXt and spread the word. Since I'm a simple user and no developer, I'm a bit hesitant though: is any of the developers going (Hans?)? Since the public will be 99 % LaTeX-centric I think you need not be afraid there: there will be a decent amount of generic stuff and a good number of plain TeX experts, I suspect. Yes, LaTeX tends to be the most popular TeX flavour in the talks, but I think overall it's much more varied than you are imagining! Joseph ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Archlinux: updated BPKGBUILD for luametatex
On 15/12/2021 20:32, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote: This corresponds the "Download" link on the CTAN page of each package, but unfortunately, is not always in TDS format. For example, for pgf (which is locate at /graphics/pgf/base), we have https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/base.zip which lists all tex related files in base/tex sub-directory. The CTAN page (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgf) also has a field "TDS Archive", which lists: http://mirrors.ctan.org/install/graphics/pgf/base/pgf.tds.zip which is TDS compliant. The same is the case for circuitikz and pgfplots. So, it safer to use "http://mirrors.ctan.org/; .. data.ctan.path .. "/" .. pkg_name .. "tds.zip" But, for context packages, CTAN does nto have the tds zips (I guess because the default zip is already TDS compliant). For example: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/context-filter has the "download" link at the bottom but not the "TDS Archive" link. In the end, since I am only installing 4-5 packages, it is simpler to input the URLs but hand rather than write code to automate the logic. If only we could convince CTAN to have a common structure - this came up recently with Norbert re. supporting TeX Live! (cf. CRAN for example) Joseph ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Welcome to LMTX
On 01/04/2019 15:55, Hans Hagen wrote: Hi all, After more than a decade of mkiv and luatex it's time to move on to a new stage. After all, nowadays a ten-year old program is considered to be really old, especially for those who consider a manual typeset three years ago as an indication of lack of progress. Therefore: welcome to lua(meta)tex 2.00 and context lmtx, the follow up on luatex and mkiv, if you dare. It has many deep-down changes but aims to be a simple evolution. The average user will probably not notice many differences but nevertheless, when you are in for something new, you can give it a try: http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm Of course you should keep your current installation too. We're sure that there will be issues so when you run into unexpected surprises, you can blame us (and fall-back on the current Context beta and luatex). Of course with the proper mwe's (tex, metapost, lua, or a combination of these) we will try to solve them all, we have been testing. In due time more about this project will be revealed. Hans Hagen & Alan Braslau Hi Hans, Thanks for the link to the code. A quick install suggests that a 'hello world' is working nicely from ConTeXt. However, if I try what you might expect from me luametatex --ini latex.ltx things go a bit wrong: This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.00.0 (INITEX) ! error: (system): missing find_write_file callback (I also notice there is no plain-like format for testing, or at least that just "luametatex" yields an error.) Clearly things work for ConTeXt, so there must be some early Lua magic or similar required. Any thoughts? (I don't get a .log or any other output.) Joseph ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Table "modules"
On 28/10/2018 16:06, Joseph Wright wrote:
Hello all,
Looking at management of global Lua tables (for the obvious cases ...),
I notice that all of the core Mk IV files use the construct
if not modules then modules = { } end
modules[" From a ConTeXt point-of-view, is it acceptable for third-parties to use
this construct, or is it 'ConTeXt maintainers only'? I'm wondering for
code used generically: it would be good to use the same approach, but I
don't want to tread on any reserved namespaces.
Joseph
Somehow I've managed to loose Hans' reply, but I've seen it in the
archive :)
Hans: Thanks for the quick reply. I'll suggest to the LaTeX team that we
treat table modules as ConTeXt-specific/reserved, and will think of a
different name.
Joseph
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[NTG-context] Table "modules"
Hello all,
Looking at management of global Lua tables (for the obvious cases ...),
I notice that all of the core Mk IV files use the construct
if not modules then modules = { } end
modules["From a ConTeXt point-of-view, is it acceptable for third-parties to use
this construct, or is it 'ConTeXt maintainers only'? I'm wondering for
code used generically: it would be good to use the same approach, but I
don't want to tread on any reserved namespaces.
Joseph
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Re: [NTG-context] Luatex 0.85.0 announcement
On 21/11/2015 10:03, luigi scarso wrote: > New luatex release, 0.85.0 > > It's really a big change respect to 0.81.0 > (see NEWS for a full report) > and, well, there can be bugs (that of course we will solve). > > > The archives can be downloaded from supelec as usual: > > https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ > > You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: > > svn co --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \ > https://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.85.0 > > Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at > >http://tracker.luatex.org > > When you use context or latex you need an updated format. The latest > version of > context can be fetched from the context garden, latex from ctan. For latex > you can contact David and Joseph as they are dealing with the update. For those wishing to be on the 'burning edge' in LaTeX terms, we have put some *very experimental* support code on GitHub: https://github.com/josephwright/luatex85 David and I are working with the rest of the LaTeX team to make the changes transparent to end users: we hope to have all of this to CTAN and into TeX Live well before any binary changes in the release version, and will co-ordinate the same with MiKTeX. Joseph ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues
On 09/09/2011 17:23, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 17:12, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
does anyone here has MacTeX 2011 installed and could help Joseph?
(I just saw this on OSX_TEX list, see below).
This is a known problem in the sense that it happens pretty often,
but it is unclear what exactly goes wrong. MacTeX should usually work
by default.
More information is needed, in particular contents of
/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua
Mojca
Hello Mojca,
I did wonder if this was known: I've noticed that ConTeXt seems to be
'on and off' at least on my Mac (I've done less testing on Windows).
My /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua shows:
-- (Public domain.)
-- This texmfcnf.lua file should exist only if you have personal changes
-- from the distributed file; for example, if TEXMFVAR was changed in
-- the installer.
--
return { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var' }
--
Joseph Wright
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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues
On 09/09/2011 18:30, Matthias Weber wrote: Hi, I do have MacTeX 2011 installed (for LaTeX needs), but use the Standalone (former minimals) for CoNTeXt. Besides being more recent, this has the advantage that one can archive a done project together with the Standalone tree in case changes to CoNText happen break the project. The relevant wiki page for installing and configuring with editors is at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone/Mac_Installation Matthias I did think of the minimals, and indeed that was my first port of call after 'context' failed from my MacTeX installation. However, there does not seem to be any Tikz in the minimals, and I needed that. Setting up Tikz is not so straight-forward. I've managed to get a working system on my PC, but would of course like a working system on my Mac too. -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues
On 10/09/2011 11:41, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
My /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua shows:
-- (Public domain.)
-- This texmfcnf.lua file should exist only if you have personal changes
-- from the distributed file; for example, if TEXMFVAR was changed in
-- the installer.
--
return { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var' }
--
Joseph Wright
Were you, by any chance, an early adopter who didn't install the new
version of MacPorts once it was officially released?
Please replace the contents of that file with:
return {
content = {
variables = {
TEXMFHOME = ~/Library/texmf,
TEXMFVAR = ~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var,
TEXMFCONFIG = ~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-config,
},
},
}
or reinstall MacTeX.
Mojca
Hello Mojca,
I did indeed install MacTeX 'early' (basically as soon as it became
available for testing). I'm surprised sudo tlmgr install --reinstall
context metapost did not sort this one out.
Anyway, that sorts the issue: thanks very much for the very rapid reply.
--
Joseph Wright
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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues
On 10/09/2011 12:04, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Since you seem to have posted your original question to another mailing list, can you please at least leave a reply that the issue was solved (and how you solved it)? Of course: will do. -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues
On 10/09/2011 11:53, Hans Hagen wrote: I did think of the minimals, and indeed that was my first port of call after 'context' failed from my MacTeX installation. However, there does not seem to be any Tikz in the minimals, and I needed that. Setting up Tikz is not so straight-forward. first-setup --modules=all the minimals installer remembers what gets installed and when updating modules will be installed as well if someone only wants luatex the initial install should say --engine=luatex (more minimal, might become default at some point) the only problem with tikz can be that it depends on some built in functionality (i remember a recent post about such a dependency) but normally the tikz maintainers are quite willing to take care of it; another potential issue can be low level resource management but if the proper interfaces are used this should work now Hello Hans, Thanks for that: I had not investigated the options for first-setup. -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] ConTeXt licensing
Hello all, A question came up recently on the tex.sx site about ConTeXt licensing: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/12431/using-context-commercially I have a feeling I've seen something similar elsewhere recently, but cannot be sure where. This question seems to require an 'official' response, as things do seem a little confusing (at least to me). I'm happy to post something as a reply to the question if I know what the position is (or indeed if it is read what we've put and go with it.) -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] Announcing TLContrib
On 08/10/2010 19:36, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hello everybody, Please allow me to introduce a new project: TLContrib. TLContrib is a website + repository that hosts contributed packages for TeX Live 2010. The packages on TLContrib are packages that are not distributed inside TeX Live proper for one or another of following reasons: * because it is not free software according to the Debian guidelines; * because it is a binary update; * because it is not available on CTAN; * because it is an intermediate release for testing. In short, anything TeX-related that can not be on TeX Live but can still legally be distributed over the Internet can have its place on TLContrib. The ultimate goal is to provide a companion to the core TeX Live tlnet distribution in much the same way as Debian's non-free tree is a companion to their normal, 100% free software distribution. The goal is not to replace TeX Live: package and updates that can be part of TeX Live itself should stay (or be added) there. TLContrib is simply trying to fill in a gap in the current distribution system. Quick start: to use TLContrib as a TeX Live repository, point the TeX Live package manager to http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010/ For more detailed information, visit the website: http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/ The current version of the website is preliminary, and much can still be improved. Even so, both the website and the repository are fully functional and can be used for both the publication of packages and as a repository source for the TeX Live package manager. Currently included in the repository are: * context 2010.07.30 * the context cow fonts * luatex 0.63.0 (but not yet for all architectures) * metapost 1.502 (also not for all architectures) Currently, there are binary updates for i386-linux, universal-darwin win32, x86_64-darwin, and x86_64-linux. Mojca Miklavec and myself are working hard on providing the missing architectures soon. This announcement is also a call for more contributors: if you are the maintainer of a package that you would like to see distributed but that for one reason or another can not or should not be in the core TeX Live distribution, please consider adding it to TLContrib. The website explains the process, and it is of course possible to ask questions on the mailing list: tlcont...@ntg.nl Incidentally, the mailing list's web page is: http://www.ntg.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tlcontrib I hope you will like this new addition to the TeX community, and I also want to take the opportunity to thank the TeX Live and ConTeXt minimals teams for their encouragement and ongoing help in bringing this project to life. Best wishes, Taco What's the upload procedure for package authors? Do I just send to the server my .tds.zip, or is there more to it than that. At the moment things are a bit sparse on the site :-) -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] Announcing TLContrib
On 09/10/2010 09:38, Taco Hoekwater wrote: On 10/09/2010 10:03 AM, Joseph Wright wrote: What's the upload procedure for package authors? Do I just send to the server my .tds.zip, or is there more to it than that. At the moment things are a bit sparse on the site :-) Did you miss the help page? http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/help.html Best wishes, Taco Um, yes. I was expecting the help to be on the upload page, a la the CTAN approach :-) -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] When to migrate from MKII to MKIV?
Alan BRASLAU wrote: The big problem for scientific writers is that publishers at very best will accept plain LaTeX. A notable exception is the American Physical Society who developed revTeX, a LaTeX package well suited to their publishing style. The American Chemical Society will accept plain LaTeX. Often, other scientific publishers as for Word! Rather off-topic, but as I am a chemist (and also write the achemso LaTeX package for the ACS), I'd point out that many more physical chemistry journals will accept LaTeX material. The ACS will also take author generated PDFs, so I assume ConTeXt/LaTeX/plain/whatever. The thing with chemical formulae is that while in-line ones are okay as text (CH2=CH2 + H2O - CH3-CH2OH), complex structures are really a pain to enter in TeX (despite many valiant efforts). So most synthetic chemists use ChemDraw. -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Layout for writing a letter
Cecil Westerhof wrote: I am just starting with working with ConTeXt. I was wondering if there is a good template for writing letters? http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter_style, perhaps? -- Joseph Wright ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
