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] 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,

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

2007-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
\setfontfeature {disableoldstyle} 789 \stoptext you mean typeset with Lua, right? with XeTeX it yields ! Undefined control sequence. l.20 \setfontfeature! This is a new feature introduced only for LuaTeX, not XeTeX and allows you to choose a different fontfeature in your document. Could be used

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] 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] showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Hagen
{disableoldstyle} 789 \stoptext you mean typeset with Lua, right? with XeTeX it yields ! Undefined control sequence. l.20 \setfontfeature! This is a new feature introduced only for LuaTeX, not XeTeX and allows you to choose a different fontfeature in your document. Could be used

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] 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] Fwd: [XeTeX] Redefining the footnotes in XeTeX

2007-11-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
:50:01 MEZ An: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [XeTeX] Redefining the footnotes in XeTeX Antwort an: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21/11/2007, at 1:02 AM, Brian Anderson wrote: I'd like to find a way

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [XeTeX] Redefining the footnotes in XeTeX

2007-11-21 Thread Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: BTW: are the benefit's of David's work also available for ConTeXters? i've never looked into it, but because latex and context are set up completely different it probably would mean more refactoring than i'm willing to do concerning multiple footnotes, it's been there

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [XeTeX] Redefining the footnotes in XeTeX

2007-11-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
to do concerning multiple footnotes, it's been there for a while What Brian, starting that thread on XeTeX-list, ment was this: Am 20.11.2007 um 15:32 schrieb Brian Anderson: What I'm trying to do is change the footnotes at the bottom of the page from this: 1) first note 2) second note

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [XeTeX] Redefining the footnotes in XeTeX

2007-11-21 Thread Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hans, can you build a routine upon this for ConTeXt? (Just in case it's not too weird!!!) not today -) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType features in XeTeX (Was: Some update woes on Linux)

2007-11-13 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
with every option you need. Thank you VERY much Mojca and Wolfgang! With XeTeX now I can use the oldstyle numerals with my system-installed OpenType fonts. :-) I'm very, very happy with that. I really thought I had to wait for LuaTeX for that. Now, to push the features topic further on, before

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType features in XeTeX (Was: Some update woes on Linux)

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Smith
On Nov 10, 2007 9:23 PM, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can say (features=default is optional) \definefontsynonym[SomeFont][name:Font Name][features=default] which means that XeTeX will call the font \font\somefont=FontName;mapping=tex-text,... (tex-text is implied

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType features in XeTeX (Was: Some update woes on Linux)

2007-11-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Nov 12, 2007 4:12 PM, Jeff Smith wrote: On Nov 10, 2007 9:23 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: You can say (features=default is optional) \definefontsynonym[SomeFont][name:Font Name][features=default] which means that XeTeX will call the font \font\somefont=FontName;mapping=tex-text

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType features in XeTeX (Was: Some update woes on Linux)

2007-11-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/12, Jeff Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Nov 10, 2007 9:23 PM, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can say (features=default is optional) \definefontsynonym[SomeFont][name:Font Name][features=default] which means that XeTeX will call the font \font\somefont=FontName

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType features in XeTeX (Was: Some update woes on Linux)

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Smith
and Wolfgang! With XeTeX now I can use the oldstyle numerals with my system-installed OpenType fonts. :-) I'm very, very happy with that. I really thought I had to wait for LuaTeX for that. Now, to push the features topic further on, before experimenting a bit I'd like to ask... does XeTeX support

Re: [NTG-context] [XeTeX] ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file

2007-11-05 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 05.11.2007 um 09:30 schrieb Dalyoung Jeong: Mon Nov 5 16:56:15 graph.ssu.ac.kr xdv2pdf[21489] Error: WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1Font Format specification. ... Output written on test-font.pdf (1

[NTG-context] slanted and extended fonts in XeTeX

2007-10-18 Thread Mojca Miklavec
To all XeTeX enthusiasts, I have just figured out (after Jonathan's post on the XeTeX mailing list) that the new XeTeX supports some interesting features. You can check it out (it might be that it only works with ConTeXt 2007.09.28 and XeTeX 0.997): \definefontfeature [slantedandextended

[NTG-context] MikTeX and XeTeX now available

2007-10-03 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear all MikTeX fans, Just to let you know: MikTeX 2.7 beta 3 should work OK with ConTeXt XeTeX (with yesterday's ConTeXt update). I have experienced some problems with fontconfig admin rights, but in general it could or should be OK (I didn't try the very latest version). If you experience

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-16 Thread Andrea Valle
(Thanks Hans) On 15 Sep 2007, at 18:43, Hans Hagen wrote: Andrea Valle wrote: \enableregime[utf] this one is not needed, xetex is utf Ok. I read some infos on the wiki but I was a bit confused. So: - if I encode in utf-8 I don't have to specify regime \enableregime[utf] - if I encode

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-16 Thread Andrea Valle
I was happy with old install, with bugs and xetex low level commands :-) So, er, which strategy you gurus suggest? Reinstall from scratch (old) TeXLive 2007 waiting for a new release? I have that project of typesetting our journal which will start in a month. (I'd like to use system fonts

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 9/16/07, Andrea Valle wrote: On 15 Sep 2007, at 18:43, Hans Hagen wrote: \enableregime[utf] this one is not needed, xetex is utf Ok. I read some infos on the wiki but I was a bit confused. So: - if I encode in utf-8 I don't have to specify regime \enableregime[utf] - if I encode

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 9/16/07, Andrea Valle wrote: I was happy with old install, with bugs and xetex low level commands :-) So, er, which strategy you gurus suggest? Reinstall from scratch (old) TeXLive 2007 waiting for a new release? That's one possibility, of course. You can also download any ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX patch

2007-09-16 Thread Andrea Valle
Really thanks a lot Mojca for the help. I replaced the two files, I found two copies of font-ini.tex and replaced them all. Then: texexec --make --all texexec --make --all --xetex (I guess the first is useless if I execute the second, isn't it?) YES! Alleluja, alleluja, it works

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX patch

2007-09-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 9/16/07, Andrea Valle wrote: Then: texexec --make --all texexec --make --all --xetex (I guess the first is useless if I execute the second, isn't it?) You need the first one for pdfTeX and the second one for XeTeX. (If you only work with XeTeX, then you don't need the first one

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Andrea Valle wrote: (Thanks Hans) On 15 Sep 2007, at 18:43, Hans Hagen wrote: Andrea Valle wrote: \enableregime[utf] this one is not needed, xetex is utf Ok. I read some infos on the wiki but I was a bit confused. So: - if I encode in utf-8 I don't have to specify regime

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: Another possibility would be to use LuaTeX. It should work OK, but again, there is no 100% guarantee (I created some newspaper with it back in June and besides all the problems I had every now and then, it was pre-alpha after all, our color laser at university still

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Andrea Valle wrote: Thanks Hans texexec --xetex myfile.tex is broken too: ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. (what's the difference between --xtx and --xetex?) depends on theversion of texexec; nowadays we always use dvipdfmx so

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-15 Thread Andrea Valle
' licensed font ** ] ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. (I take care of removing other aux files) -a- On 15 Sep 2007, at 13:25, Hans Hagen wrote: Andrea Valle wrote: Thanks Hans texexec --xetex myfile.tex is broken too: ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Andrea Valle wrote: \enableregime[utf] this one is not needed, xetex is utf \starttext \startitemize \item nome dell'insegnamento (es. $\to$ Storia del cinema) \item settore scientifico-disciplinare (SSD, es. $\to$ l-art/06) \item numero di crediti (cfu, es. $\to$ 10) \stopitemize La

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-15 Thread Mojca Miklavec
for the default LM) is that font loading in ConTeXt+XeTeX now does the following: if (FontName is a valid font) then use FontName else use [FontName] end And that one forgets the third possibility: about the old tfm fonts which should be loaded without any quotes, for example rm-lmr12 \font

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: PS: to be honest, I'm still using the XeTeX version from TeXLive 2007 which is a bit old. I remember that Jonathan has promissed to look into the problem described above some time ago (\font\a=rm-lmr12 vs. \font\a=rm-lmr12 at 12pt), but I have no idea about what has

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-15 Thread Hans Hagen
(besides being quite slow for the default LM) is that font loading in ConTeXt+XeTeX now does the following: if (FontName is a valid font) then use FontName else use [FontName] end And that one forgets the third possibility: about the old tfm fonts which should be loaded without

[NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools in MacTeX was: xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
Thanks Mojca, Yes, having the standard mactex I had an old ConTeXt version. On 13 Sep 2007, at 14:47, Mojca Miklavec wrote: ctxtools --updatecontext Done it. Now I'm using: texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 texec --check 2007.09.13 21:15 I've made also: texexec

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools in MacTeX was: xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
FilesVersion: 2007.09.13 21:15 ? Many thanks Hi Andrea, you have to generate extra formats for XeTeX, you should type texexec --make --all --xetex before you can run ConTeXt. Wolfgang ___ If your question

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools in MacTeX was: xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
need to apologise for blaming ConTeXt for wrong stretching of included figures (I had some problems with figures in XeTeX in ConTeXt already before, so I falsely assumed that it was yet another one in the series). It turned out it has been a XeTeX bug, which popped up only for some very specific

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools in MacTeX was: xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
the base files! FormatVersion : 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII FilesVersion: 2007.09.13 21:15 ? also run texexec --make --xetex --all Best wishes, Taco ___ If your question is of interest to others as well

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
On 14 Sep 2007, at 11:45, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Great! Do you still experience any speed problems now? (I have a feeling that Hans has removed dependency on ImageMagic, but I didn't try to uninstall it to check if that was true.) (I'm surely having ImageMagick in my path, don't kwon if it's a

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools in MacTeX was: xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII FilesVersion: 2007.09.13 21:15 ? also run texexec --make --xetex --all Best wishes, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
Hmmm, after updating I'm able to solve problems related to figures in XeTeX. In any case, my graphical project (involving jpgs and pdf inclusion, also in alyers) does not compile anymore. I'm having this ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. Output

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 14 septembre à 11:51:43 Andrea Valle [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | I'm having this | ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap | ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. I had the same until I updated metapost to version 1.000 and regenerated some formats (metafun). Now it has disappeared

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
Many thanks and how do I update Metapost? I supposed that ctxtools --updatecontext would have update all Best -a- On 14 Sep 2007, at 15:36, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: Le 14 septembre à 11:51:43 Andrea Valle [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | I'm having this | ** WARNING **

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Andrea Valle wrote: Many thanks and how do I update Metapost? I supposed that ctxtools --updatecontext would have update all this only updates the context files (tex, mp, etc) not binaries (soon it will be possible to do this from the garden) Hans

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Andrea Valle wrote: Thanks Hans, So, how can I update binaries? depends on the platform ... debian ships intermediate updates, at akira's site there are fresh win binaries, osx distributions have good updaters, and for luatex there is luatex.org and fabrice's gforge repos Hans

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
Thanks Hans, So, how can I update binaries? Best -a- On 14 Sep 2007, at 15:59, Hans Hagen wrote: Andrea Valle wrote: Many thanks and how do I update Metapost? I supposed that ctxtools --updatecontext would have update all this only updates the context files (tex, mp, etc) not binaries

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 14 septembre à 15:46:05 Andrea Valle [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | Many thanks | and how do I update Metapost? | I supposed that | ctxtools --updatecontext | would have update all | Best Here: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13release_id=224 -- Jean

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
Brief investigation and summary: After 1. updating with macTeX package on macOSX 10.4.9 2. even if I have update ConTeXt and regenerate formats (all, also with xetex) my normal ConTeXt (texexec) is ok, my XeConTeX (texexec --xtx) is broken This is a test code (saved as utf-8

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
, then I did texexec --make --all texexec --make --all --xetex ConTeXt works but it doesn't change anything with respect to the: | ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap | ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. message (which makes the compilation fail in the case of my photoBooklet). Any

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Hans Hagen
--updatecontext But I did it the same, then I did texexec --make --all texexec --make --all --xetex ConTeXt works but it doesn't change anything with respect to the: | ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap | ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. message (which makes the compilation fail

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Andrea Valle wrote: Brief investigation and summary: After 1. updating with macTeX package on macOSX 10.4.9 2. even if I have update ConTeXt and regenerate formats (all, also with xetex) my normal ConTeXt (texexec) is ok, my XeConTeX (texexec --xtx) is broken --xetex too

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX after ctxtools

2007-09-14 Thread Andrea Valle
Thanks Hans texexec --xetex myfile.tex is broken too: ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. (what's the difference between --xtx and --xetex?) Best -a- On 14 Sep 2007, at 20:28, Hans Hagen wrote: Andrea Valle wrote: Brief investigation and summary

Re: [NTG-context] xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-13 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 9/5/07, Andrea Valle wrote: Hi, I'm experimenting with xetex as suggested. All ok up to know. But I'm having a strange problem with figures. Typically I create my diagrams with Omnigraffle, export them in pdf (default setting) and reimport them in ConTeXt. Always fine. Using texexec

Re: [NTG-context] xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-13 Thread Andrea Valle
Thanks Mojca, I'll send it to you privately. I've rewritten the wiki entry related to figure specifying that the use of low level command is just a workaround. Best -a- On 13 Sep 2007, at 13:00, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On 9/5/07, Andrea Valle wrote: Hi, I'm experimenting with xetex

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 9/12/07, Andrea Valle wrote: PS: I wikified some of the previous xetex infos. Please someone check I didn't write silly stuff... The information that \externalfigure should be replaced by \XeTeXpicfile is misleading. It is a temporary solution for the bug (I didn't test recently, but I had

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-12 Thread Andrea Valle
On 12 Sep 2007, at 09:22, Mojca Miklavec wrote: The information that \externalfigure should be replaced by \XeTeXpicfile is misleading. It is a temporary solution for the bug (I didn't test recently, but I had serious prolems with inclusion of binary figures and newer PDF file versions), but

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: On 9/12/07, Andrea Valle wrote: PS: I wikified some of the previous xetex infos. Please someone check I didn't write silly stuff... The information that \externalfigure should be replaced by \XeTeXpicfile is misleading. It is a temporary solution for the bug (I didn't

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-11 Thread Andrea Valle
Thanks I edited ~/.bash_profile adding On 10 Sep 2007, at 19:26, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: export PATH='$PATH:/usr/texbin' alias texetex='texexec --xtx' calling from Terminal texetex /test/xetest.tex I'm having env: ruby: No such file or directory Best -a-

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-11 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
I'm having env: ruby: No such file or directory You should surround the PATH line with double quotes (), not simple ones ('). ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-11 Thread Andrea Valle
You should surround the PATH line with double quotes (), not simple ones ('). Ok, works as an alias from terminal. BTW a texetex command already exists, so I used xecontext But Hraban, how do I then set up TeXShop? Thanks -a-

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2007-09-11 um 12:44 schrieb Arthur Reutenauer: I'm having env: ruby: No such file or directory You should surround the PATH line with double quotes (), not simple ones ('). Sorry, I'm used to write Python (where or ' doesn't matter) or PHP (where I normally use 's)... Never post

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-11 Thread Andrea Valle
Sorry, I'm used to write Python (where or ' doesn't matter) (me too :) ) Does that work? (If I ever use TeXshop, then I run texexec in a separate Terminal...) Hmm, no, (AFA I can say) Thanks Best -a- PS: I wikified some of the previous xetex infos. Please someone check I didn't write

Re: [NTG-context] figures using xetex

2007-09-10 Thread Jelle Huisman
Hi Andrea, I saw that many tmp .rli files are generated. Apart form the increasing compiling time, the first problem is that I had to run several times texexec --xtx in order to generate them all. Is it normal? This (many .rli files) is normal if you use \externalfigure in an older version

Re: [NTG-context] figures using xetex

2007-09-10 Thread Andrea Valle
Many thanks Jelle, I'm solving also following some previous emails in the list. I have to say that I'm not really fond of changing commands for figure control depending on the engine Best -a- On 10 Sep 2007, at 11:32, Jelle Huisman wrote: Hi Andrea, I saw that many tmp .rli files are

[NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Andrea Valle
Hi, I was trying to configure teXShop so that it can run texexec --xtx I was following Otared's suggestions: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/016502.html I tried a brainless practice, creating the suggested file with #!/bin/tcsh set path= ($path

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Andrea Valle
Ok, sorry, I solved adding the infamous blank line suggested by Jelle... http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx/23622/match=xecontext +texshop http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx/23634/match=xecontext +texshop I think I will add some stuff to wiki/xetex Best -a- On 10

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
Any hints? Make sure the xetex binary is indeed in /usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/i386-darwin or in /usr/texbin, and the XeConTeXt.engine is an executable file (type chmod 755 ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/XeConTeXt.engine in Terminal.app) You can also remove the stand-alone slash after set path

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Andrea Valle
Thanks Arthur so now my XeConTeXt.engine file contains: #!/bin/tcsh set path= ($path /usr/texbin) texexec --xtx $1 (including a blank line) It works Best -a- On 10 Sep 2007, at 17:49, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: Any hints? Make sure the xetex binary is indeed in /usr/local/texlive

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX + ConTeXt in TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2007-09-10 um 18:18 schrieb Andrea Valle: so now my XeConTeXt.engine file contains: #!/bin/tcsh set path= ($path /usr/texbin) texexec --xtx $1 (including a blank line) It works BTW, for the records: tcsh is rather exotic (was default on OSX 10.1, though). I'd suggest: in your

[NTG-context] xetex and external pdf stretching

2007-09-05 Thread Andrea Valle
Hi, I'm experimenting with xetex as suggested. All ok up to know. But I'm having a strange problem with figures. Typically I create my diagrams with Omnigraffle, export them in pdf (default setting) and reimport them in ConTeXt. Always fine. Using texexec --xtx I'm having a strange scale

[NTG-context] update of mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007+installation and usage of xetex 0.997

2007-08-08 Thread Ardi
Hello all, I have fetched mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007. I would like to update it to the latest status of ConTeXt and then install the latest (dev.) version 0.997 of XeTeX but I miss somehow the procedure on the context/xetex mailing list. Can somebody help me? Thanks and regards, Ardi

[NTG-context] update of mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007+installation and usage of xetex 0.997

2007-08-08 Thread Ardi
Hello all, 1. I have fetched mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007. I would like to update it to the latest status of ConTeXt and then install the latest (dev.) version 0.997 of XeTeX but I miss somehow the procedure on the context/xetex mailing list. Can somebody help me? 2. Is there a procedure

[NTG-context] Fwd: update of mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007+installation and usage of xetex 0.997

2007-08-08 Thread Ardi
Research Panel today!---BeginMessage--- Hello all, I have fetched mswincontext.zip from 06-Aug-2007. I would like to update it to the latest status of ConTeXt and then install the latest (dev.) version 0.997 of XeTeX but I miss somehow the procedure on the context/xetex mailing list. Can

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX typescripts in ver: 2007.07.24

2007-08-02 Thread Taco Hoekwater
. This change was introduced when ConTeXT started supporting the new XeTeX way of specifying a (non-installed) OpenType font by its filename. Either this: [name:Minion Pro\xetexcolon mapping=tex-text;+onum;] or this: ['Minion Pro\xetexcolon mapping=tex-text;+onum;'] should work (I

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX typescripts in ver: 2007.07.24

2007-08-02 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: 1. The syntax [name:Minion Pro\xetexcolon mapping=tex-text;+onum;] will only work for installed fonts, not for opentype fonts that are in the texmf-tree, correct My experiments suggest that these can be found via the [file:filename] mechanism, but I can't

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX typescripts in ver: 2007.07.24

2007-08-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
supporting the new XeTeX way of specifying a (non-installed) OpenType font by its filename. Either this: [name:Minion Pro\xetexcolon mapping=tex-text;+onum;] or this: ['Minion Pro\xetexcolon mapping=tex-text;+onum;'] should work (I defined \xetexcolon in type-xtx.tex). Yes

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX typescripts in ver: 2007.07.24

2007-08-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Aug 2, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: definately correct. Best wishes, Taco Thanks for the clarification Taco! All best Thomas ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

[NTG-context] XeTeX typescripts in ver: 2007.07.24

2007-08-01 Thread Michael Green
In ver: 2007.01.12, a typescript like this works fine: \starttypescript[serif][minion][uc] \definefontsynonym [MinionRegular] ['Minion Pro:mapping=tex-text; +onum;'][encoding=uc] \stoptypescript We get Minion Pro, mapping TeX markup to unicode characters and

[NTG-context] metafun externalfigure macro with xetex

2007-07-10 Thread Lutz Haseloff
Hi all, if i use the metafun macro externalfigure with xetex, there is a printed number (first externafigure prints a 1, the second a 2 right after the 1 and so on) in the lower left corner of the picture; the picture itself is shifted to the upper right, out of the bounding box. I have

[NTG-context] metafun externalfigure macro with xetex

2007-07-05 Thread Lutz Haseloff
Hi all, if i use the metafun macro externalfigure with xetex, there is a printed number (first externafigure prints a 1, the second a 2 right after the 1 and so on) in the lower left corner of the picture; the picture itself is shifted to the upper right out of the bounding box. I have

[NTG-context] Struggling with XeTeX

2007-06-18 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello Hans, I've updated original TeXLive2007 distribution to the latest cont-tmf beta, by copying \web2c into TeXLive2007\texmf folder and every other stuff into TeXLive2007\texmf-dist folder. Then I rebuilded the format files for both context and xetex (texexec --make en, then texexec --xtx

Re: [NTG-context] Struggling with XeTeX

2007-06-18 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: Hello Hans, I've updated original TeXLive2007 distribution to the latest cont-tmf beta, by copying \web2c into TeXLive2007\texmf folder and every other stuff into TeXLive2007\texmf-dist folder. Then I rebuilded the format files for both context and xetex (texexec

Re: [NTG-context] Struggling with XeTeX

2007-06-18 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, Taco and Hans, thank you both very much. You are not less but genius. :) The patch from Taco runs smoothly. Now all system fonts I'm using are found without complaints. (BTW, I've never considered TeX seriously without XeTeX. System font support is Must Have for a Windows-minded user

[NTG-context] XeTeX image dimensioning bug

2007-04-25 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, I've found a bug in XeTeX image handling. Once it has created a .rli file for an image, it doesn't recalculate dimensions after the image is changed. I tested it with .png image, 1-bit (black-and-white). When I crop the image, both its size and datetime attribs are updated. Nevertheless

Re: [NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

2007-04-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello, Just to let you all know: ConTeXt with pdfTeX creates PDF version 1.5 by default, and xdvipdfmx driver of XeTeX (which became the default one) isn't capable to handle those files. It handles PDF 1.4 OK, so if you have some PDFs with a too recent version, you should convert them to a lower

[NTG-context] XeTeX opentype features don't work

2007-04-23 Thread Ricard Roca
Hi, I can't use opentype font features with XeTeX, e.g. Palatino Linotype:+smcp for small caps. It works with plain XeTeX or ConTeXt with \font, e.g. \font\PALA=Palatino Linotype:+smcp at 12pt \PALA some text... but not with typescripts, like \starttypescript[serif][PalatinoLinotype][uc

Re: [NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

2007-04-23 Thread luigi scarso
On 4/23/07, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Just to let you all know: ConTeXt with pdfTeX creates PDF version 1.5 by default, and xdvipdfmx driver of XeTeX (which became the default one) isn't capable to handle those files. It handles PDF 1.4 OK, so if you have some PDFs

[NTG-context] XeTeX opentype features don't work [solved]

2007-04-23 Thread Ricard Roca
I have read this thread in the mailing list (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070413.171025.c375278f.en.html) and understood the problem. Sorry for the noise. Ricard ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX opentype features don't work [solved]

2007-04-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 4/24/07, Ricard Roca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read this thread in the mailing list (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070413.171025.c375278f.en.html) and understood the problem. See http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070326.110622.842543c2.en.html Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

2007-04-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: Hello Unfortunately, I get dummy boxes instead of .pdf figures in the XeteXed document. I know, it has been discussed already in the list. However, I downloaded and installed the fresh version of TexLive2007 today, and no problems from updating shouldn't arise.

[NTG-context] Some progress with XeTeX

2007-04-14 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, I have some progress with XeTeX already (with the version included in TeXLive distribution). 1a) Including external graphics really requires ImageMagic to be installed. 1b) PDF pictures refuse to be inserted for unknown reason but PNGs are handled fine. 2) To use Windows encoding

Re: [NTG-context] No way to use XeTeX

2007-04-14 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
and adjusting other settings don't help also. Anything created in this Acrobat fails in XeTeX. And good news: pdf created in Inkscape seems to be valid input for XeTeX! -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky Well, first try inserting the sample PDF file cow.pdf supplied with ConTeXt via

[NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

2007-04-13 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello Unfortunately, I get dummy boxes instead of .pdf figures in the XeteXed document. I know, it has been discussed already in the list. However, I downloaded and installed the fresh version of TexLive2007 today, and no problems from updating shouldn't arise. The log says: figures :

[NTG-context] XeTeX is broken after ConTeXt update

2007-04-13 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, To get rid of dummy boxes instead of figures in XeTeX output, I've decided to update the stuff (I already has installed fresh latest TeXLive). I typed ctxtools --update then texexec --xtx --make en and even recreated format files from TeXLive GUI. After all, I get (c

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX is broken after ConTeXt update

2007-04-13 Thread Oliver Buerschaper
of the things undergoing a massive overhaul these days. Unfortunately this appears to have broken compatibility with XeTeX. At the Epen conference Hans told me that he's going to finalize ConTeXt's font interface code for luaTeX first and then eventually backport everything to XeTeX. So

Re: [NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

2007-04-13 Thread Oliver Buerschaper
Hi, again, I've been through this a couple of days ago so I'm happy to share my experience with you ;-) For me the problem was not having installed ImageMagick in the first place. But judging from your log this doesn't seem to be the problem. Let me think ... perhaps your glitch might be

[NTG-context] No way to use XeTeX

2007-04-13 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello Oliver, I reinstalled TeXLive2007 from scratch -- fonts work fine, but .pdf images are replaced by dummy rectangles. (ImageMagik makes no difference.) After manually updating ConTeXt files to the current release -- font handling is broken. So, there is no way to use XeTeX for me

Re: [NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

2007-04-13 Thread Aditya Mahajan
XeTeX, but guessing from the error message, is write18 enabled on your system? Aditya ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] No way to use XeTeX

2007-04-13 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: Hello Oliver, I reinstalled TeXLive2007 from scratch -- fonts work fine, but .pdf images are replaced by dummy rectangles. (ImageMagik makes no difference.) This sounds like the command execution extension is turned off. Whether or not ConTeXt is allowed to

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX is broken after ConTeXt update

2007-04-13 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Oliver Buerschaper wrote: Hi Vyatcheslav, I encountered the same problem a couple of weeks ago ... and it will probably not be fixed until luaTeX is out. It appears to me that reverting back to the situation from three months ago would already be a step forward from what we have now, yes?

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