Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Graham Douglas wrote: And so to my question. I would very much like to explore using (or writing (eventually...)???) commands that let me format Arabic words etc as part of my notes. I have not explored this yet, so I apologise if this is already possible 'out of the box'. I just wanted to

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-3-2010 10:38, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Graham Douglas wrote: And so to my question. I would very much like to explore using (or writing (eventually...)???) commands that let me format Arabic words etc as part of my notes. I have not explored this yet, so I apologise if this is already

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 08.03.10 10:53, schrieb Hans Hagen: we have been working on an experimental mechanism 'font goodies' which provides means to enhance fonts and one application is coloring arabic Will it then be also possible to assign a single color to a complete font, e.g.

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 08.03.10 11:39, schrieb Hans Hagen: Will it then be also possible to assign a single color to a complete font, e.g. [...] No, at least not now as i see color as completely unrelated to fonts. In the case of arabic it's part of the tradition to color certain glyphs. Of course it's possible

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
OK, you’re the boss. Wolfgang Lieber Gott, du bist der Boss. Amen. Dein Rhinozeros. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Thomas ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-3-2010 13:08, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 08.03.10 11:39, schrieb Hans Hagen: Will it then be also possible to assign a single color to a complete font, e.g. [...] No, at least not now as i see color as completely unrelated to fonts. In the case of arabic it's part of the tradition to

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 08.03.10 13:30, schrieb Hans Hagen: OK, you’re the boss. well, that's a weak argument for not pressing me -) I have other things (not yet) which should go into the core, so such minor things like this it's not worth the effort. Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-08 Thread Graham Douglas
Just a short note to thank everyone for their various comments. I will read some more and see how far I can get... and come back when I can formulate some more precise (better) questions. Am reading through the reference manual --- LuaTeX's versatility is quite incredible. Warm regards to

[NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-07 Thread Graham Douglas
Firstly, hello to all listmembers from a new member and first-time poster --- please excuse any accidental breach of list etiquette in my initial postings :-) I would just like to start by saying a huge thank-you to Hans, Taco and the LuaTeX team for producing this wonderful, facinating, piece

Re: [NTG-context] Working with Arabic

2010-03-07 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
I would just like to start by saying a huge thank-you to Hans, Taco and the LuaTeX team Those two entities are basically the same :-) Thanks also to whoever wrote the rsynch-based installation of the ConTeXt minimals Mojca Miklavec. All hail to her! Arthur