Re: [NTG-context] synonyms with MKIV

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/12/5, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Peter Münster wrote: On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 09:29:08AM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: this line should be \def\mksavesortedlistentry#1#2#3#4% class key entry meaning

Re: [NTG-context] new release

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/12/5, Thomas A. Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oops, I was too fast upgrading... luatex fails to produce format files on my system: luatex --version This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.20.0-2007120515 luatools --ini --compile cont-en LuaTools | creating initialization file cont-en

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] The ISO 32000 Standard (DIS)

2007-12-06 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
Adobe has received word that the Ballot for approval of PDF 1.7 to become the ISO 32000 Standard (DIS) has passed by a vote of 13::1. I wonder if I should feel ashamed for the vote of my delegation? ;-) Arthur

Re: [NTG-context] new release

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: the new release did work for me with LuaTeX but the mkii part give a error message in conbination with XeTeX., only a short error message but it should be also fixed. Line 53 in regi-ini.mkii use in a message for XeTeX \m!regime as messageconstant and not

Re: [NTG-context] new release

2007-12-06 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
That particular line: # Error in lua file loading: ?:0: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value) is often the sign of mismatching luatools and ConTeXt version :-) Arthur ___ If your question is of

Re: [NTG-context] SVG support

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Zeus Gómez Marmolejo wrote: I've done some tests with rlxtools and I've found that the conversion from SVG to PDF is done really bad now. It passes through PS (with the inkscape command line) and then the ghostscript is executed to produce the PDF. But I've found a better way to do

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] The ISO 32000 Standard (DIS)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Matija Šuklje wrote: Dne četrtek 6. decembra 2007 je luigi scarso napisal(a): Adobe has received word that the Ballot for approval of PDF 1.7 to become the ISO 32000 Standard (DIS) has passed by a vote of 13::1. http://blogs.adobe.com/insidepdf/ Sweet :] the list of countries and numbers

Re: [NTG-context] new release

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Arthur Reutenauer wrote: That particular line: # Error in lua file loading: ?:0: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value) is often the sign of mismatching luatools and ConTeXt version :-) indeed, make sure that luatools --generate is run; many new files ...

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] The ISO 32000 Standard (DIS)

2007-12-06 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
the list of countries and numbers mentioned with them looks quite weird to me ... The big number is the number of comments for countries who have submitted them. It indeed adds to 205 (those 205 comments are *not* to be confused with the number of comments on the blog -- it's slightly

[NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, when in february 2006 I asked for an alternative to fontspec that could show me opentype features, Adam wrote: I find that the lcdf typetools are a tremendous help: otfinfo -f ~/Library/Fonts/WarnockPro-Regular.otf and I can test the features with: \showfont[Warnock Pro: +smcp]

Re: [NTG-context] synonyms with MKIV

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: The order of key and entry is, the same as in the mkii macro { { v[2], v[3] } }, -- key, entry but you wrote { { v[3], v[2] } }, -- entry, key ok, fixed just wondering ... now we move to a mix of tex and lua code, how complex is it to piece together what's

[NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi, I run into the following error with the new version: 'luatools --generate' results in Error in lua file loading: r:\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\luatools.lua:1402: attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value) There seems to be no 'os.gettimeofday' under Windows XP. This patch of luatools.lua

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Peter Rolf
Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: Error in lua file loading: r:\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\luatools.lua:1402: attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value) Your LuaTeX is too old. Take yesterday's beta (0.20). mhh, I already use this version in my minimal installation. There is no doubt about it.

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 12/6/07, Peter Rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: Error in lua file loading: r:\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\luatools.lua:1402: attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value) Your LuaTeX is too old. Take yesterday's beta (0.20). mhh, I already use this version in

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
os.gettimeofday() is available everywhere except on Solaris. It seems to work, though (at least on my machine :-) And it's in the Solaris 9 libc. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Peter Rolf
Taco Hoekwater schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: Error in lua file loading: r:\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\luatools.lua:1402: attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value) Your LuaTeX is too old. Take yesterday's beta (0.20). mhh, I already use this version in my

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Arthur Reutenauer wrote: os.gettimeofday() is available everywhere except on Solaris. It seems to work, though (at least on my machine :-) And it's in the Solaris 9 libc. Can you (or someone else) figure out what the C preprocessor defines are for post-SunOs Solaris? If that is clear, I

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Rolf wrote: Taco Hoekwater schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: Error in lua file loading: r:\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\luatools.lua:1402: attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value) Your LuaTeX is too old. Take yesterday's beta (0.20). mhh, I already use this

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
This reminds me, that there are still three identical huge files in my bin directory. Aside from the waste of space such stupid errors can occur. Is this problem solved in the meantime? Akira Kakuto distributes luatex.dll in his W32TeX distribution, and links all three binaries to them. But

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Peter Rolf
Taco Hoekwater schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Taco Hoekwater schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: Error in lua file loading: r:\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\luatools.lua:1402: attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value) Your LuaTeX is too old. Take yesterday's beta (0.20).

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: But generally, LuaTeX is much more suitable for such previews (only that there might be no newshowfont available yet - writing one is doable if you know what you're interested in). My two cents: ConTeXt currenty uses smcp=yes,script=latn,onum=yes,liga=yes...

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Rolf wrote: Still there is no such solution for texluac.exe. I run ConTeXt in a RAM disk, so I don't like the idea of wasting any space. Actually, texluac.bat: @echo off luatex --luaconly %1 but it is not mentioned in the --help output, so I am not surprised you didn't

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: This reminds me, that there are still three identical huge files in my bin directory. Aside from the waste of space such stupid errors can occur. Is this problem solved in the meantime? their size is nothing compared to font files -) Hans

Re: [NTG-context] gettimeofday under XP

2007-12-06 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
but it is not mentioned in the --help output, so I am not surprised you didn't know that. Who needs that? It's line 388 of luainit.c ;-) ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] new release

2007-12-06 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Dec 6, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: That particular line: # Error in lua file loading: ?:0: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value) is often the sign of mismatching luatools and ConTeXt version :-) Arthur Yes, thanks for your help, now it works wonderfully.

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/12/6, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/6/07, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, when in february 2006 I asked for an alternative to fontspec that could show me opentype features, Adam wrote: I find that the lcdf typetools are a tremendous help: otfinfo -f

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 06.12.2007 um 14:48 schrieb Hans Hagen: something numbers=oldstyle could be supported but i see no real reason for it since then we end up in endless lists of possibilities (given all kind of combinations) I have not yet played with Lua, thus I can't follow your and Mojca's

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/12/6, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 06.12.2007 um 14:48 schrieb Hans Hagen: something numbers=oldstyle could be supported but i see no real reason for it since then we end up in endless lists of possibilities (given all kind of combinations) I have not yet played with

Re: [NTG-context] synonyms with MKIV

2007-12-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Hans Hagen wrote: Wolfgang Schuster wrote: The order of key and entry is, the same as in the mkii macro { { v[2], v[3] } }, -- key, entry but you wrote { { v[3], v[2] } }, -- entry, key ok, fixed just wondering ... now we move to a mix of tex and lua code, how

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 06.12.2007 um 12:32 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: In this specific case you could use \showfont[SerifCaps] Nice! What about other fonts, are there other arguments besides SerifCaps ? Steffen ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 06.12.2007 um 15:37 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: 2007/12/6, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 06.12.2007 um 14:48 schrieb Hans Hagen: something numbers=oldstyle could be supported but i see no real reason for it since then we end up in endless lists of possibilities (given all

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 06.12.2007 um 12:32 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: The general approach would be something like: \definefontfeature[mine][smcp=yes] \definefontsynonym[a][name:Warnock Pro][features=mine] \showfont[a] (grep the sources for definefontfeature) hmm ... the only hit is in

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Dec 6, 2007 2:48 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Mojca Miklavec wrote: But generally, LuaTeX is much more suitable for such previews (only that there might be no newshowfont available yet - writing one is doable if you know what you're interested in). My two cents: ConTeXt currenty uses

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Dec 6, 2007 5:09 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 06.12.2007 um 12:32 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: The general approach would be something like: \definefontfeature[mine][smcp=yes] \definefontsynonym[a][name:Warnock Pro][features=mine] \showfont[a] (grep the sources for

Re: [NTG-context] new release

2007-12-06 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Thomas, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Dec 6, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: That particular line: # Error in lua file loading: ?:0: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value) is often the sign of mismatching luatools and ConTeXt version :-) Arthur Yes, thanks

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
I ran sudo ctxtools --updatecontext about one hour ago and all this that you write here can't be found (s-pre-63.tex is the latest) ... Where did you mean should I grep the sources for definefontfeature ?? Steffen Am 06.12.2007 um 17:35 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Dec 6, 2007 5:09 PM,

[NTG-context] backward compatibility [URGENT]

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, re-typesetting a book (that was last set with ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.09) I had to see that several pages now have a different line- break (and so the page-break and the TOC and the index register are changed) ... quite a mess. I guess is not so easy to find out what changes in the

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/12/6, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 06.12.2007 um 15:37 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: 2007/12/6, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 06.12.2007 um 14:48 schrieb Hans Hagen: something numbers=oldstyle could be supported but i see no real reason for it since then we end

Re: [NTG-context] backward compatibility [URGENT]

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, re-typesetting a book (that was last set with ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.09) I had to see that several pages now have a different line- break (and so the page-break and the TOC and the index register are changed) ... quite a mess. I guess is not so easy to find

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/12/6, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Dec 6, 2007 5:09 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 06.12.2007 um 12:32 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: The general approach would be something like: \definefontfeature[mine][smcp=yes] \definefontsynonym[a][name:Warnock Pro][features=mine]

Re: [NTG-context] backward compatibility [URGENT]

2007-12-06 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:31:58 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way to do this, like using sudo ctxtools -- updatecontext and use the respective files from the museum? Where is the museum exactly? I usually keep old cont-tmf's for up to half a year before

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2007/12/6, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Dec 6, 2007 5:09 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 06.12.2007 um 12:32 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: The general approach would be something like: \definefontfeature[mine][smcp=yes] \definefontsynonym[a][name:Warnock

Re: [NTG-context] backward compatibility [URGENT]

2007-12-06 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:31:58 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way to do this, like using sudo ctxtools -- updatecontext and use the respective files from the museum? Where is the museum exactly? I usually keep old cont-tmf's for

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2007/12/6, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 06.12.2007 um 15:37 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: 2007/12/6, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 06.12.2007 um 14:48 schrieb Hans Hagen: something numbers=oldstyle could be supported but i see no real reason for it

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] The ISO 32000 Standard (DIS)

2007-12-06 Thread luigi scarso
On Dec 6, 2007 9:08 AM, Arthur Reutenauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe has received word that the Ballot for approval of PDF 1.7 to become the ISO 32000 Standard (DIS) has passed by a vote of 13::1. I wonder if I should feel ashamed for the vote of my delegation? ;-) well , yes or no ? I

Re: [NTG-context] backward compatibility [URGENT]

2007-12-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:31:58 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way to do this, like using sudo ctxtools -- updatecontext and use the respective files from the museum? Where is the museum

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 06.12.2007 um 18:55 schrieb Hans Hagen: something like that ... keep in mind that you don't need to define a font then, {\setfontfeature{smallcaps}Some Text} will automatically give you that featureset so in practice we can do with only a few real font definitions; mkiv keeps track of

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] The ISO 32000 Standard (DIS)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi scarso wrote: On Dec 6, 2007 9:08 AM, Arthur Reutenauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe has received word that the Ballot for approval of PDF 1.7 to become the ISO 32000 Standard (DIS) has passed by a vote of 13::1. I wonder if I should feel ashamed for the vote of my delegation? ;-)

Re: [NTG-context] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 06.12.2007 um 18:55 schrieb Hans Hagen: something like that ... keep in mind that you don't need to define a font then, {\setfontfeature{smallcaps}Some Text} will automatically give you that featureset so in practice we can do with only a few real font

[NTG-context] Verses

2007-12-06 Thread Maurí­cio
Hi, Do you guys have tips on how to typeset verses? There's an item for that on the wiki: wiki.contextgarden.net/Visuals but nobody filled it yet. If we collect a nice bunch of tips I can put them in the wiki. Thanks for your help, Maurício

[NTG-context] hyphen with \useURL

2007-12-06 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, With luatex-0.20.0 and ConTeXt-2007.12.6 a hyphen is introduced in the following URL: % engine=luatex \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \useURL[ref][http://gaston/]\from[ref] \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

[NTG-context] problem with \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c]

2007-12-06 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, With luatex-0.20.0 and ConTeXt-2007.12.6 the \completecontent is messed up and the first paragraphs are supressed: % engine=luatex \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c] \starttext \completecontent \dorecurse{10}{ \section{sec} \input tufte \subsection{subsec} \input tufte

Re: [NTG-context] bugged mkiv

2007-12-06 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:04:04 -0700, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, there is a bug in the feature processer of the latest current mkiv (I added a verbose resolved but forgot something) so ... update ... (only if you're using mkiv) mkiv now also no longerloads the unic-* files (no

Re: [NTG-context] bugged mkiv

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:04:04 -0700, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, there is a bug in the feature processer of the latest current mkiv (I added a verbose resolved but forgot something) so ... update ... (only if you're using mkiv) mkiv now also no

[NTG-context] booklet set up

2007-12-06 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, I'm creating a textbook as a booklet (two A5 per A4), and have difficulties. 1) If I use imposition command \setuparranging, then Luatex doesn't process references. I know, there are workarounds, but I prefer to create A5 pages and then impose them using nice Acrobat plugin. However, I

Re: [NTG-context] booklet set up

2007-12-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: 2) I was always scared by explanation of \showlayout on texshow: Horizontal: (if singleside then outside is at right and inside is at left) === width = width of text area middle: automatic calculation consider A) params fit:

[NTG-context] Hair space and non-breaking hyphen

2007-12-06 Thread Maurí­cio
Hi, I've seen two interesting Unicode characters that I would like to use: Hair space: U+200A (it's supposed to be a space that's small, used around emdashes sometimes). Non-breaking hyphen: U+2011 (an hyphen where the word is not supposed to be broken by hyphenation). I would like to know if

[NTG-context] Unicode characters by number

2007-12-06 Thread Maurí­cio
Hi, Is it possible to enter an Unicode character in a Context file using the character Unicode number? How can I do that? Thanks, Maurício ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] Verses

2007-12-06 Thread Xulxer
Hi Maurício, i am using something like this: \setupframedtexts[width=\textwidth,frame=off,offset=none,before=,after=,] \starttext \obeylines \subsection{Title} \startframed verstext verstext verstext verstext \stopframedtext \stoptext The \startframedtext \stopframedtext prevents the