[NTG-context] lmtx-20201218 | \usetypescriptfile | typescripts > unknown library

2020-12-19 Thread Richard Mahoney
In the recent versions of LMTX I've been having trouble with finding my own typescriptfile -- type-sourceserifpro.tex (attached) This file lives in the working directory of all of the other project files, and is also here: ~/lmtx-20201218/tex/texmf-fonts/tex/context/user/type- sourceserifpro.tex

Re: [NTG-context] a new book has been published, made with the help of ConTeXt

2020-12-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 12/19/20 10:11 PM, Robert Zydenbos wrote: > Dear readers, > > With great joy and a sense of relief I can now announce that my > latest book, _A Manual of Modern Kannada_ by Robert Zydenbos > (Heidelberg / Berlin: CrossAsia E-Publishing, 2020), a teaching > manual of the Kannada language

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Robert Zydenbos
I'll do some testing and see what I can contribute. Robert On 19.12.20 22:12, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > On 12/19/20 8:46 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> [...] >> can you wikify this? > Wikified at https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Indic_Scripts. > > Please, Robert, could you improve it? > > Many thanks

[NTG-context] A link to an example of poster build with ConTeXt

2020-12-19 Thread Garulfo
Hi, it's really fun to play with ConTeXt and MetaPost / Metafun to build posters (color, fonts, alignment, scaling, randomized geometry). Thanks to the ConTeXt team to make it easy. PDF:

Re: [NTG-context] Alternative for selector in LMTX for different heading and reference texts for descriptions

2020-12-19 Thread Christoph Reller
Hans Hagen schrieb am Sa., 19. Dez. 2020, 19:16: > Actually, what you want is: > > \definedescription >[desc] > > \starttext > > \startdesc[title={Long title},reference=foo,referencetext={Short > Title}] > \input jojomayer > \stopdesc > > \about[foo] > > \stoptext > >

[NTG-context] Update for old computers

2020-12-19 Thread Alain Delmotte
Hi! When there is an update of lmtx, is it for all versions (Windows, Linux and x32 and x64)? I have an old laptop running Linux (16.04) but it is x86 32bits. I can use it for lmtx, even it this one is not updated as regularly as the

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 12/19/20 8:46 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > [...] > can you wikify this? Wikified at https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Indic_Scripts. Please, Robert, could you improve it? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

[NTG-context] a new book has been published, made with the help of ConTeXt

2020-12-19 Thread Robert Zydenbos
Dear readers, With great joy and a sense of relief I can now announce that my latest book, _A Manual of Modern Kannada_ by Robert Zydenbos (Heidelberg / Berlin: CrossAsia E-Publishing, 2020), a teaching manual of the Kannada language (Kannada belongs to the Dravidian family of languages,

[NTG-context] Using ConTeXt to create dictionnaries

2020-12-19 Thread Alain Delmotte
Hi! In 2009 I did participate to EuroTeX. This was the year when TeXworks was presented. One of the presentations was the use of ConTeXt (mkiv?) to create a dictionary. I think for a linguistic edition using a data base and ConTeXt to create

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 12/19/20 8:46 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> [...] >> I hope the description above might help, > can you wikify this? Of course. Although Robert should review it (to avoid the nonsense I may add to it) BTW, I wonder whether it would be possible to add hyphenation patterns for Kannada (Robert may

[NTG-context] links in LMTX

2020-12-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
Dear list, I have the following sample: \setuppapersize[A9] \setupinteraction[state=start] \enabledirectives[references.border] \unexpanded\def\MyURL#1% {\bgroup\goto{{\tt\hyphenatedurl{#1}}}[url(#1)]\egroup} \starttext \startitemize \dorecurse{2}{\item

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12/19/2020 8:06 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 12/19/20 2:59 PM, Robert Zydenbos wrote: On 19.12.20 09:10, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: YES… YES! YES YES YES YES YES YES (I'm trying to express enthusiasm.) That's it! The remaining question here is: where do I find such magical expressions like

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 12/19/20 2:59 PM, Robert Zydenbos wrote: > On 19.12.20 09:10, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > YES… YES! > YES YES YES YES YES YES (I'm trying to express enthusiasm.) That's it! > > The remaining question here is: where do I find such magical > expressions like "features=kannada-one"? (Why

Re: [NTG-context] Alternative for selector in LMTX for different heading and reference texts for descriptions

2020-12-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12/19/2020 6:05 PM, Christoph Reller wrote: Hi, In ConTeXt MKIV, there are selectors (\defineselector, \select). In ConTeXt LMTX, they are gone. In LMTX, how can I achieve the following without using selectors: (Different heading and reference texts for descriptions)

[NTG-context] Alternative for selector in LMTX for different heading and reference texts for descriptions

2020-12-19 Thread Christoph Reller
Hi, In ConTeXt MKIV, there are selectors (\defineselector, \select). In ConTeXt LMTX, they are gone. In LMTX, how can I achieve the following without using selectors: (Different heading and reference texts for descriptions) \defineselector[sel][max=2, n=2]

Re: [NTG-context] Install Problem on aarch64

2020-12-19 Thread Christian Prim
Thanks Hans for the quick fix. Install works now on aarch64. Christian Am Fr., 18. Dez. 2020 um 16:35 Uhr schrieb Hans Hagen : > On 12/18/2020 2:58 PM, Christian Prim wrote: > > Hi > > > > upgrading my lmtx-Installation results in: > > > > mtx-install | platform : linux-aarch64 > >

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Robert Zydenbos
On 19.12.20 03:42, Jairo A. del Rio wrote: > You need to use the LuaHBTeX backend which isn't actually supported by > ConTeXt (and Hans doesn't like it either, I think). There's a plugin mode, > however. If not in the mailing list, more info about Harfbuzz in ConTeXt is > available in some

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Robert Zydenbos
On 19.12.20 09:10, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: YES… YES! YES YES YES YES YES YES (I'm trying to express enthusiasm.) That's it! The remaining question here is: where do I find such magical expressions like "features=kannada-one"? (Why "kannada-one"? "One"???) If I know that, then (so I assume) I

Re: [NTG-context] Indic fonts with MkIV and

2020-12-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Robert Zydenbos schrieb am 19.12.2020 um 02:47: Dear all, Recently I read about the use of Harfbuzz-enhanced LuaTeX with LaTeX for writing Arabic. Following that example, I wrote a minimal test text that worked excellently for Kannada script as well: - \documentclass{article}