communication rather than
wikis.
Now, as to my question, to understand the low level TeX programming language,
will the manuals "Low Level TeX" be enough?
Thanks.
___
If your question is of interest to othe
SirColeman via ntg-context schrieb am 12.02.2024 um 08:49:
Greetings all. I have a passion for typesetting. I found that
currently the best typesetting systems are those that are based on
TeX. Of them, there are LaTeX, and ConTeXt.
LaTeX is very well documented and popular; ConTeXt, on the
d but still used (when travelling)
portable under lubuntu 18.04 32Bits.
There is no more executable available on pragma and I am using Context
from TeX Live, but it is the 2017 version.
I can do with it, but it would be better to have Context lmtx latest.
Is it possible to have it? But if t
under lubuntu 18.04 32Bits.
There is no more executable available on pragma and I am
using Context from TeX Live, but it is the 2017 version.
I can do with it, but it would be better to have Context
lmtx latest.
Is it possible to have it? But if this a too complicate
problem, I'll stan
gt;> found this?
>> Greets Oliver
>> Running freshly installed context ARM64 on m1 and updated it via sh
>> install.sh on ARM64 macos 14.3.1:
>>
>> context --version
>> mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.05
>> mtx-context |
>> mtx-co
on ARM64 macos 14.3.1:
context --version
mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.05
mtx-context |
mtx-context | main context file:
/Applications/ConTeXtStandalone/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv
mtx-context | current version: 2024.01.24 22:39
mtx
nd updated it via sh
>> install.sh on ARM64 macos 14.3.1:
>>
>> context --version
>> mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.05
>> mtx-context |
>> mtx-context | main context file:
>> /Applications/ConTeXtStandalone/tex/texmf-context/tex
s]
Best wishes,
Taco
> Greets Oliver
>
>
> Running freshly installed context ARM64 on m1 and updated it via sh
> install.sh on ARM64 macos 14.3.1:
>
> context --version
> mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.05
> mtx-context |
> mtx-context | main c
mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.05
mtx-context |
mtx-context | main context file:
/Applications/ConTeXtStandalone/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv
mtx-context | current version: 2024.01.24 22:39
mtx-context | main context file:
/Applications
Greetings all. I have a passion for typesetting. I found that currently the
best typesetting systems are those that are based on TeX. Of them, there are
LaTeX, and ConTeXt.
LaTeX is very well documented and popular; ConTeXt, on the other hand, is
apparently very powerful and capable, but is not
helps to read a bit about how tex handles spaces esp after control
sequences and when passing stuff in arguments ... then sit down and
ponder possible solutions for a while ...
Hans
-
Hans
(as in listing the available installed ibmplex fonts)
>
>
> mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=*"
> mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=p*"
> mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=pl*"
>
> lua erro
[==[#2]==])}%
> }\else {%
> \ctxlua{userdata.my_command('', [==[#2]==])}%
> }\fi
> }
> \protect
>
> \starttext
>
> % all the following works
> \mc{foo} \mc[bold]{foo} \mc[emph]{foo}
>
> \startenu[title=Some]
> \stopenu
>
> % this b
="fontname=*"
mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=p*"
mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=pl*"
lua error : function call:
/home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun.lua:10080: bad argument
#9 to 'format' (number expected,
Hi,
return is OK with:
mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ibm*"
but removing the m from the pattern
mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ib*"
I get :
lua error : function call:
...0-app_context-linux-64/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/m
here could help me with these three things:
>>> > For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what one
>>> > gets with
>>> > \input table
>>> > in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be Con
what one
gets with
\input table
in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of
those (i.e., what one gets with \starttable ... \stoptable).
However, https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/starttable says
The environment \starttable ... \stoptable is and
hat one
>> gets with
>> \input table
>> in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of
>> those (i.e., what one gets with \starttable ... \stoptable).
>> However, https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/starttable says
>> The environm
Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim:
Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things:
For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what one
gets with
\input table
in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's versio
Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things:
For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., what one
gets with
\input table
in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of
those (i.e., what one gets with \
7;, [==[#2]==])}%
}\else {%
\ctxlua{userdata.my_command('', [==[#2]==])}%
}\fi
}
\protect
\starttext
% all the following works
\mc{foo} \mc[bold]{foo} \mc[emph]{foo}
\startenu[title=Some]
\stopenu
% this breaks
\startenu[title=Some \mc{foo}]
\stopenu
\sto
Hi Shiv,
-- Original Message --
From "Shiv Shankar Dayal"
mailto:shivshankar.da...@gmail.com>>
To "mailing list for ConTeXt users"
mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl>>
Date 1/24/2024 9:44:09 AM
Subject [NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt
**
Yes.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM luigi scarso
wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 16:55, Shiv Shankar Dayal <
> shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan
>> TeX macros.
>&g
On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 16:55, Shiv Shankar Dayal <
shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan TeX
> macros.
>
>
TeX primitives ?
--
luigi
_
Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:52:
Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan
TeX macros.
As I already wrote you can use \parindent etc. in your document but
unless you
know what you're doing you should keep it to a minimum to avoid conflicts
Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan TeX
macros.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM Wolfgang Schuster <
wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:37:
> > For example: \kern, \parindent and so on.
Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:37:
For example: \kern, \parindent and so on. Rephrasing the question, can
LuaMetaTeX/ConTeXt compile
plain TeX files. If yes, how can I do that?
You mix up two different things here.
1. Plain TeX is a collection of TeX macros like ConTeXt or
For example: \kern, \parindent and so on. Rephrasing the question, can
LuaMetaTeX/ConTeXt compile
plain TeX files. If yes, how can I do that?
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 9:02 PM Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 1/24/2024 2:55 PM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Can we u
On 1/24/2024 2:55 PM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
Dear List,
Can we use plain TeX commands which are available in LuaMetaTeX in an
arbitrary manner or are there any restrictions?
what do you mean with arbitrary plain tex commands
Dear List,
Can we use plain TeX commands which are available in LuaMetaTeX in an
arbitrary manner or are there any restrictions?
--
Respect,
Shiv Shankar Dayal
___
If your question is of interest to others as well
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>
> \stopMPcode
>
>
>
> \framed{hello}
>
>
>
> \stopnotmode
>
>
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> \stoptext
>
>
>
> After compiling in the folder:
>
> Is this because I am the user?
e I am the user?
Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex"
Startup Folder:
C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv
startup error : no format file given, quitting
Uschi
tall the binaries and compile the basic test doc with \input
tufte
Thanks a lot!
Dear Hraban,
Did you try to compile your own binaries?
You need CMake and a C compiler.
PWD = your installation directory
PLATFORM = openbsd7.4-amd64 (if that’s still right)
cd $PWD/tex/texmf-context/source/luame
On 1/23/2024 12:34 AM, Damien Thiriet via ntg-context wrote:
Hello,
I tried to install OpenBSD 7.4 binaries but failed.
What I did:
download the zip from pragma
unpack it in /usr/local/context
chmod 744 install.sh
./install.sh
After running it, there is no file in
/usr/local/context/tex/texmf
Am 23.01.24 um 00:34 schrieb Damien Thiriet via ntg-context:
Hello,
I tried to install OpenBSD 7.4 binaries but failed.
What I did:
download the zip from pragma
unpack it in /usr/local/context
chmod 744 install.sh
./install.sh
After running it, there is no file in
/usr/local/context/tex/texmf
Hello,
I tried to install OpenBSD 7.4 binaries but failed.
What I did:
download the zip from pragma
unpack it in /usr/local/context
chmod 744 install.sh
./install.sh
After running it, there is no file in
/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-openbsd7.4-amd64/
I searched the mailing list archive and
t;
> Command Line:
> C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\text\texmf-win64\bin\context.exe
> --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex"
>
> Startup Folder:
> C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv
>
>
>
>
>
> Error Lau
System at
work.
After trying to compile the test at work, I got in the Folder:
Command Line:
C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\text\texmf-win64\bin\context.exe
--synctex=-1 "context-test.tex"
Startup Folder:
C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\tex\texmf-context\tex\co
, and have Windows 32 System at
work.
After trying to compile the test at work, I got in the Folder:
Command Line:
C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\text\texmf-win64\bin\context.exe
--synctex=-1 "context-test.tex"
Startup Folder:
C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64
use very convenient.
In cont-new.mkiv, one finds definitions of \t and \w (via \let) appended to
\everymathematics, which overwrites my definition of \w every time TeX enters
math mode. I can fix this by appending my definition to \everymathematics. The
inefficiency seems minor, and I can live
definitions of \t and \w (via \let) appended to
\everymathematics, which overwrites my definition of \w every time TeX enters
math mode. I can fix this by appending my definition to \everymathematics. The
inefficiency seems minor, and I can live with it. I have a question and a
couple of points
lots of math, so perhaps that is the reason.
Option 1: Buy or borrow a faster computer. You'll get your desired speed-up far
faster than waiting for Hans to make changes, even assuming there is something
that can be changed. I'd recommend a Mac M3 :-)
As tex is a single core process (
;> too high.
>>> My book has lots of math, so perhaps that is the reason.
>> Option 1: Buy or borrow a faster computer. You'll get your desired speed-up
>> far faster than waiting for Hans to make changes, even assuming there is
>> something that can be changed. I
e gain is not linear. After all, tex has to compete
with other applications running at the same time (browsers, remote
clients, media apps, web polling apps, zoom, etc.) so it's kin dof
amazing that it actually performs okay.
What boosted performance is for instance ssd's. What might boos
. You'll get your desired speed-up far
faster than waiting for Hans to make changes, even assuming there is something
that can be changed. I'd recommend a Mac M3 :-)
As tex is a single core process (ok, the os might delegate some file
handling to other cores) it benefits from jump in cor
mmer, but I know very little of TeX. If you can point
> me
> towards where should I start for TeX(perhaps TeX Book or TeX for the
> Impatient), I can help with refactoring of code to make is more
> efficient/easier.
>
> _
hey should be like
const int luametatex_version=210; const char*
luametatex_version_string="2.10.10";
These ensure type-safety in the code and are good coding practice.
Good coding practice discussions are wasted on me (you don't want me to
look at your tex code -)
The version
On 1/19/2024 9:26 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
Dear Hans,
I saw the C code of LuaMetaTeX and I saw a lot of gotos which is not
good coding practice. These potions of code which have goto should be
refactored.
I am a C programmer, but I know very little of TeX. If you can point me
towards
uot;;
> >
> > These ensure type-safety in the code and are good coding practice.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM Shiv Shankar Dayal <
> shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Hans,
> >
> > I saw the C code of LuaMetaTeX and I saw a lot of
practice. These potions of code which have goto should be refactored.
>
> I am a C programmer, but I know very little of TeX. If you can point me
> towards where should I start for TeX(perhaps TeX Book or TeX for the
> Impatient), I can help with refactoring of code to make is m
of gotos which is not good
> coding practice. These potions of code which have goto should be refactored.
>
> I am a C programmer, but I know very little of TeX. If you can point me
> towards where should I start for TeX(perhaps TeX Book or TeX for the
> Impatient), I can help wi
Dear Hans,
I saw the C code of LuaMetaTeX and I saw a lot of gotos which is not good
coding practice. These potions of code which have goto should be refactored.
I am a C programmer, but I know very little of TeX. If you can point me
towards where should I start for TeX(perhaps TeX Book or TeX
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
> On 1/19/2024 12:34 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Hans Hagen wrote:
> >
> >> Of course we'll never be as fast as (pure) plain tex (no layers added) or
> >> latex (which oft
On 1/19/2024 12:34 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Hans Hagen wrote:
Of course we'll never be as fast as (pure) plain tex (no layers added) or
latex (which often is advocated as faster than context).
I was curious, so did a quick experiment: typeset \input knuth 500
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Of course we'll never be as fast as (pure) plain tex (no layers added) or
> latex (which often is advocated as faster than context).
I was curious, so did a quick experiment: typeset \input knuth 500 times. Here
are the results:
pdflatex: 54
On 1/18/2024 7:56 PM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
In comparison to LaTeX with LuaHBTeX, ConTeXt with LuaMetaTeX is
lightning fast.
pdfTeX is 8bit, and Knuth’s plain TeX is very low level – for a fairer
comparison, try the TeXbook on LuaMetaTeX (I don’t know if “plain”
works
Hi,
On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM Shiv Shankar Dayal
wrote:
>
>
>
>
>> In comparison to LaTeX with LuaHBTeX, ConTeXt with LuaMetaTeX is
>> lightning fast.
>>
>> pdfTeX is 8bit, and Knuth’s plain TeX is very low level – for a fairer
>> comparison, try
In comparison to LaTeX with LuaHBTeX, ConTeXt with LuaMetaTeX is
> lightning fast.
>
> pdfTeX is 8bit, and Knuth’s plain TeX is very low level – for a fairer
> comparison, try the TeXbook on LuaMetaTeX (I don’t know if “plain” works
> though).
>
I understand that why it is slo
/manuals/musings.pdf#page=96 might
explain why Lua(Meta)TeX is slower.
Other chapters in that document from Hans might give you some insight on
the reasons why LMTX has to pay a price for being more feature-rich. I
got such impression when I read it.
Just in case it might help,
In comparison to LaTeX
f) may be
optimized for speed.
Your math book may use features (I’m guessing again) that require more
resources than the features used by “The TeXbook”.
> Why LuaMetaTeX is so slow? How can I speed it up?
https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/musings.pdf#page=96 might
explain why Lua
gt; ConTeXt version 5 (FontAwesome.otf)? This one:
> > > tex/texmf/fonts/data/fonticons/fontawesome/FontAwesome.otf: OpenType font
> > > data
> > >
> > > I would assume that ConTeXt is using the bundled file by default.
> > It's not our hobby to ke
Hi Gavin,
Thanks for the information: since I mostly use the stand alone ConTeXt, I have
not looked into my TeX Live tree recently.
Now I’ll do it, but Hans released a new version of LMTX which fixes the issue I
was reporting.
Thanks again for your help.
Best regards: Otared
> On 18 Jan 2
Thanks for your reply. Does TeX Live contain LuaMetaTeX (LMTX)?
>> That is because I need LMTX to typeset a presentation for which most of the
>> content is ready, but using features from LMTX…
> You can try to fetch
>
> https://github.com/contextgarden/context
>
> as
Hi Otared,
Yes, it contains LMTX. I am using TeX Live 2023 right now for a project, and it
reports "ConTeXt ver: 2023.05.05 18:36 LMTX”.
Gavin
> On Jan 17, 2024, at 3:13 PM, Otared Kavian wrote:
>
> Hi Gavin,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Does TeX Live contain LuaMetaT
On 1/17/2024 11:13 PM, Otared Kavian wrote:
Hi Gavin,
Thanks for your reply. Does TeX Live contain LuaMetaTeX (LMTX)?
That is because I need LMTX to typeset a presentation for which most of
the content is ready, but using features from LMTX…
You can try to fetch
https://github.com
Hi Gavin,
Thanks for your reply. Does TeX Live contain LuaMetaTeX (LMTX)?
That is because I need LMTX to typeset a presentation for which most of the
content is ready, but using features from LMTX…
Best regards: Otared
> On 17 Jan 2024, at 23:01, Gavin via ntg-context wrote:
>
>
Hi Otared
I use TeX Live as a convenient fall-back. I am also using MacOS ARM.
Gavin
> On Jan 17, 2024, at 2:52 PM, Otared Kavian wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> In order to circumvent a bug in the latest versions (2023-09-26 and
> 2024-01-08) of LMTX regarding math alignments,
tem > ConTeXt ver: 2024.01.08 11:23 LMTX fmt: 2024.1.16
int: english/english
system >
system > 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded
open source > level 1, order 1, name
'/home/gerion/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl
Please paste line no. 238 of your input file.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM Ursula Hermann
mailto:ursula.herm...@univie.ac.at>> wrote:
Dear List,
After Compiling in the Folder:
This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.10.11 initex
(C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/context-mswin/tex/texmf-context/tex/cont
Folder:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.10.11 initex
>>>
>>> (C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/context-mswin/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-
>>> en.mkxl(context.mkxl(syst-ini.mkxl
>>> ! Undefined control sequ
>>
>>
>> After Compiling in the Folder:
>>
>>
>>
>> This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.10.11 initex
>>
>> (C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/context-mswin/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-
>> en.mkxl(context.mkxl(syst-ini.mkxl
>> ! Undefined contr
Please paste line no. 238 of your input file.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM Ursula Hermann
wrote:
> Dear List,
>
>
>
> After Compiling in the Folder:
>
>
>
> This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.10.11 initex
>
> (C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/context-mswin/tex/texmf-c
Dear List,
After Compiling in the Folder:
This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.10.11 initex
(C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/context-mswin/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-
en.mkxl(context.mkxl(syst-ini.mkxl
! Undefined control sequence.
\immutable\defcsname\tocharacter
\tabasciicode
Hi,
Try this:
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 6:17 PM Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
wrote:
>
> Dear list,
>
> I have the following sample:
>
> \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella]
> \definefontfamily[coverface][rm][TeX Gyre Termes]
\definebod
Dear list,
I have the following sample:
\definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella]
\definefontfamily[coverface][rm][TeX Gyre Termes]
\setupbodyfont[mainface, 16pt]
\starttext
\startmakeup[standard][style=\bf]
\switchtobodyfont[coverface]
This is a cover.
\stopmakeup
thanks for your help,
Pablo
tex error > tex error on line 36 in file : Dimension too large
\emwidth
\hyphenatedurl
#1->\dontleavehmode \begingroup \expand \everyhyphenatedurl
\normallanguage \zerocount \scratchskipone \zeropoint \s!plus \dimexpr
\emwidth
/12\s!minus \d
itya,
thanks for the suggestion, and thanks for the link.
"after" does the trick, but not in an automatic way. I would like
something which automagically "does the right thing".
Perhaps it just doesn't exist in ConTeXt. The plain TeX macros I wrote for
itemization do what I want
I came across a table of contents style that’s hardly possible with TeX:
https://historians.social/@dbellingradt/111760591144801241
(image is too big for the ML)
(Yes of course you can do it with manual references and MetaPost lines…)
;D
last subject should be at the end of the page and I shift
it with \vfill to the end, the last subject doesn't fit the grid!
Can you provide a minimal example where you show what you're trying to
place at the bottom of the page.
Wolfgang
Test.tex
Description: TeX document
Test.
://yemaya.fiee.net/s/8TqwfcP7mLMmy9p
(In a simple document it works.)
Hraban
"""
lua error > lua error on line 516 in file de/c_feinheiten.tex:
registered function call [1565]:
...xmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-fonts.lmt:596: attempt
to index a nil value (fie
would work with MetaFun (I think). The LaTeX package is in TeX Live, and
the ConTeXt version is at https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid/.
The fiziko library by the same author is also very interesting:
https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko
Since it has some pseudo-3D features, maybe you can
first six books of Euclid’s “Elements”. All of the drawing is in MetaPost,
and would work with MetaFun (I think). The LaTeX package is in TeX Live, and
the ConTeXt version is at https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid/.
Gavin
> On Jan 12, 2024, at 6:27 PM, Shiv Shankar Dayal
>
library for common operations like finding
> tangents, perpendiculars, circumcircle, orthocenters and such?
>
> I don’t think we have anything like that specifically in the MetaFun
> world, but if there is a MetaPost package you like, you can use it with
> MetaFun. For example, the TeX
n. For
example, the TeX Live installation includes both ConTeXt and 3dgeom.mp, so you
should be able to use the 3dgeom package in MetaFun simply with "input 3dgeom"
in your MetaPost code. (I did a quick check, successfully drawing a drawing a
cube with 3dgeom. I have not tested it
inbetween.
2. Don't add the "MkXL" bit - it's a distracting detail that no one needs to know at this
stage. Also it looks like "Mk 40" in Roman numerals, or extra large.
ok. But “extra large” is intentional, I guess.
3. I though Hans had stopped using th
On 12/01/2024 00:18, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
3. I though Hans had stopped using the TeX style capitalisation now i.e.
just "Context"?
Maybe this is the time to change to a 'ctx' token instead of 'context'
(e.g. a lot ambiguity when searching online)
ctx as in c
e.g. what is the distinction between the 'source' (lua tex) and the
> 'resources' (fonts icc lib) and the 'frontend' (tex xml png ...mp)
> (no lua?)
Agreed.
In no particular order:
1. "ConTeXt" should be the biggest word - or as an obvious title fo
Am 11.01.24 um 20:15 schrieb vm via ntg-context:
On 11/01/2024 19:52, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Here’s a preliminary schema of LMTX. What do you think?
as is, it is difficult to understand where to look.
what does is describe?
e.g. what is the distinction between the 'source'
On 11/01/2024 19:52, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Here’s a preliminary schema of LMTX. What do you think?
as is, it is difficult to understand where to look.
what does is describe?
e.g. what is the distinction between the 'source' (lua tex) and the
'resources' (fo
Am Dienstag, 9. Januar 2024, 21:17:57 CET schrieb Hans Hagen:
> On 1/9/2024 8:31 PM, Gerion Entrup wrote:
>
> > My system awesome font is version 6 but isn't the one bundled with
> > ConTeXt version 5 (FontAwesome.otf)? This one:
> > tex/texmf/fonts/data/fonticon
ya.fiee.net/s/qTkeXAmXmJeosJc
> (The “mindmap” diagram on the left shows projects supported by DANTE, in the
> middle a drawing by Duane Bibby, on the right a Tux with its TikZ source code
> in the back.)
> We also had posters that show the architecture of TeX/LaTeX, but they were
> ser
nice. ConTeXt/MetaFun are overwhelmingly flexible and
powerful. It is hard to come up with a good idea. Who is targeted?
At an open source fair or hacker meeting, the target groups seem to be
– IT people who use TeX to create PDFs of software documentation
– students/academics who use TeX for scien
On 1/9/2024 8:31 PM, Gerion Entrup wrote:
My system awesome font is version 6 but isn't the one bundled with
ConTeXt version 5 (FontAwesome.otf)? This one:
tex/texmf/fonts/data/fonticons/fontawesome/FontAwesome.otf: OpenType font data
I would assume that ConTeXt is using the bundled fi
see 2.pdf).
> >
> > I also tried to find the symbol file directly in the context
> > distribution and found:
> > tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/symb-imp-fontawesome.mkiv
> >
> > However, most parts are commented out there, one of the few remaining
&g
et[fontawesome-solid]
\stoptext
```
and get a list of symbols that do not belong to fontawesome (see 2.pdf).
I also tried to find the symbol file directly in the context
distribution and found:
tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/symb-imp-fontawesome.mkiv
However, most parts are commented out t
t of symbols that do not belong to fontawesome (see 2.pdf).
I also tried to find the symbol file directly in the context
distribution and found:
tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/symb-imp-fontawesome.mkiv
However, most parts are commented out there, one of the few remaining
symbols is wheel
Tux with its TikZ
source code in the back.)
We also had posters that show the architecture of TeX/LaTeX, but they
were seriously outdated.
Some elements that might fit:
– some example code (like from Mikael’s BachoTeX presentation)
– anatomy of a word and a formula (with all those little boxes and
elow error when trying to
create cache and not sure if this is a compatibility issue.
bin/custom# ./mtxrun --generate
startup error : no format file given, quitting
You can create a tex tree with:
http://lmtx.pragma-ade.nl/install-lmtx/installation.pdf
http://lmtx.pragma-ade.nl/install-lmtx
install from
http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
create file c:\context\asy.bat with context
ASYMPTOTE_GS=C:context/ghostscript/bin/gswin64.exe
C:/context/asymptote/asy.exe %*
test with:
\usemodule[filter]
\defineexternalfilter[ASY]
[filter={/context/asy.bat -tex context -outformat pdf
ears
> gimmick:
>
> https://www.pragma-ade.nl/2023
>
> Of course it screams metapost but tex and lua are also involved. See it as
> compensation for the lack of an end-of-year update. The last page of the
> result
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