Re: [NTG-context] Microtypography in ConTeXt

2016-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2016-04-06 um 03:51 schrieb Jan Tosovsky : > > Note that character protrusion requires pdfTeX (version 0.14f or later), > LuaTeX, or > XeTeX (at least version 0.9997). Font expansion works with pdfTeX (version > 1.20 for > automatic expansion) or LuaTeX. The package

Re: [NTG-context] Consistent random number generation

2016-04-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 17:43:53 -0400 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Is it possible to generate consistent random numbers across multiple > operating systems. Then they are not random! Why not save your chosen "random" paths to files? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Square pens and dash pattern

2016-04-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 19:44:33 -0400 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > There appears to be a metapost bug with square pens and dash patterns: I confirm that dashed anything with a pensquare does not dash. Alan

[NTG-context] Square pens and dash pattern

2016-04-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, There appears to be a metapost bug with square pens and dash patterns: \starttext \startMPcode pickup pencircle scaled 1bp; drawarrow origin -- (5cm, 4cm) dashed evenly; pickup pensquare scaled 1bp; drawarrow origin -- (5cm,-4cm) dashed evenly; \stopMPcode \stoptext Note

Re: [NTG-context] Microtypography in ConTeXt

2016-04-05 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2016-04-05 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4/5/2016 10:55 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > according to http://texdoc.net/texmf- > > dist/doc/latex/microtype/microtype.pdf > > pdfTeX offers fine tuning of: > > (1) Character protrusion > > (2) Font expansion > > (3) Tracking > > (4) Additional kerning > >

[NTG-context] Consistent random number generation

2016-04-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, Is it possible to generate consistent random numbers across multiple operating systems. For example, consider the following file: math.randomseed(1000) print(math.random()) print(math.random()) print(math.random()) If I process this using texlua, the output on linux and MacOS is

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt anew-but where?

2016-04-05 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/5/2016 11:02 PM, kle...@sxmail.de wrote: Dear NTG-ConTeXt list members, [a] Excuse me that I will have to send this email in html format. The very format of this email is not meant to offend anyone consciously (even if perceived so). Paragraph beginnings [a] through [e] may lead you the

Re: [NTG-context] Microtypography in ConTeXt

2016-04-05 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/5/2016 10:55 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: Dear All, according to http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/microtype/microtype.pdf pdfTeX offers fine tuning of: (1) Character protrusion (2) Font expansion (3) Tracking (4) Additional kerning (5) Interword spacing AFAIK ConTeXt covers 1+2+(3?). In

[NTG-context] ConTeXt anew-but where?

2016-04-05 Thread klerer
Dear NTG-ConTeXt list members,[a] Excuse me that I will have to send this email in html format. The very format of this email is not meant to offend anyone consciously (even if perceived so). Paragraph beginnings [a] through [e] may lead you the way, instead.[b] A NEW(er) PROBLEM: After I have

[NTG-context] Microtypography in ConTeXt

2016-04-05 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Dear All, according to http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/microtype/microtype.pdf pdfTeX offers fine tuning of: (1) Character protrusion (2) Font expansion (3) Tracking (4) Additional kerning (5) Interword spacing AFAIK ConTeXt covers 1+2+(3?). In recent discussion Hans mentioned

[NTG-context] Fwd: BachoTeX 2016: deadline extensions

2016-04-05 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear ConTeXters & LuaTeXers, There's no such great opportunity as the wonderful conference BachoTeX in Poland to get your TeX projects done, getting hold of some handcrafting skills (book binding, calligraphy, ...) and to brainstorm your ideas with Hans, Luigi (and many others) while enjoying a