Re: [NTG-context] Translations of "Context: an excursion"
Le 23 mars 05, à 08:56, Hans Hagen a écrit :
indeed, btw, it will be an interesting challenge to keep translations
in sync
To keep several translations in sync, it should be one and only one
document
reference (english (or french? ;-) )
The worst thing would be if some chapter (e.g. using the standard
amsl/nath
package) were in advance in one translation over some other chapter
("using the standard bib package" or "the prefered TABLE package",
or "context 2 html translation", ...)
Also probably, it would be better to have some uptodate doc witch were
only partialy translated, than having a full but outdated french doc.
Another (long term) remarks/questions:
I think the "Context: an excursion" is the better context doc out there
(seems more practicle for begining than the reference book, for now)
But will be this true in the future ?
- what will contains the future book already mentioned here?
- when could it be expected?
- will the Context reference manuel be updated?
- which context doc will exists 3 years later?
- one (or more?) commercial english context book
- one multitranslation "excursion" free books
- numerous, very specialised "myWay" documents
- if the current "reference manual" book is not to be upgrade
then the "Context: an excursion" will be that.
- a automatic generate reference documentation, based on
the context tex code??
Translating such a documentation is a great (and eavy) job,
but it can't be done without some stategic considerations.
-- Maurice
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Re: [NTG-context] bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)
ishamid wrote: lines all over the place in my work that compiled fine with the old ConTeX, and I suspect that XeTeX may be responsible. Is there a way to completely isolate the new stuff because I'm going to lose a lot of time trying to track down every situation where my previously well-behaved stuff now gives errors because of this. just put \endinput atthe topmost lin eof supp-dir.tex and remake the format Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
RE: [NTG-context] bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)
>= Original Message From Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >> Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans? > >attached for testing, i dunny what the pardir equivalents are for \beginL and >\beginR -) Not to belabor this, but I'm getting ### simple group (level 1) entered at line lines all over the place in my work that compiled fine with the old ConTeX, and I suspect that XeTeX may be responsible. Is there a way to completely isolate the new stuff because I'm going to lose a lot of time trying to track down every situation where my previously well-behaved stuff now gives errors because of this. This has been a really frustrating week... Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
RE: [NTG-context] 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip
>= Original Message From Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >> 1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf still >> work): >strange indeed, it looks like the files are corrupted (very small tfm/vf files); > you can regenerate the metrics with: > >texmfstart texfont.pl type-tmf.dat --en=texnansi --ven=urw -col=zapfchan ok, it works now:-) Thnx Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
RE: [NTG-context] 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip
>= Original Message From Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
>ishamid wrote:
>
>> 2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format
is
>> properly installed in
>> \texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/
>
>can you try what happens when you add the following lines to your texmf.cnf
file
>
>(you can edit the file with: texmfstart --direct scite kpse:texmf.cnf)
>
>TEXFORMATS.xetex = $TEXFORMATS/{xetex,}//
>TEXFORMATS.aleph = $TEXFORMATS/{aleph,}//
>TEXFORMATS.pdftex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdftex,}//
>TEXFORMATS.pdfetex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdfetex,}//
Regenerated the formats after editing
\texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf
Unfortunately it still gives the same error. Please advise;->
Idris
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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RE: [NTG-context] bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)
>= Original Message From Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
>> Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans?
>
>attached for testing, i dunny what the pardir equivalents are for \beginL and
>\beginR -)
Ok, the new supp-dir.tex helps. But there is another problem. Now my following
macros are messed up (used in our private ar-cont.tex)
\let\beginRL=\leavevmode\startarabictext
\let\endRL=\stoparabictext
\catcode`\<=\active
\catcode`\>=\active
\defineactivecharacter < {\enclosedarabic}
\def\enclosedarabic#1>{\struttedbox{\beginRL#1\endRL}}
Aleph complains that
(\end occurred inside a group at level 2)
### semi simple group (level 2) entered at line 102 (\begingroup)
### simple group (level 1) entered at line 102 ({)
### bottom level
Can you fix the XeTeX macros so that this is no longer affected? I also have
some otp's that use the \beginRL\endRL syntax; I'm afraid that's all going to
be negatively affected now...
Idris
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Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Re: [NTG-context] Chapter numbers in the right margin
Many thanks to all who have offerred help with this. I'll submit these and a few more examples to the wiki after the Easter break. Cheers, Randall ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip
ishamid wrote:
2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format is
properly installed in
\texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/
can you try what happens when you add the following lines to your texmf.cnf
file
(you can edit the file with: texmfstart --direct scite kpse:texmf.cnf)
TEXFORMATS.xetex = $TEXFORMATS/{xetex,}//
TEXFORMATS.aleph = $TEXFORMATS/{aleph,}//
TEXFORMATS.pdftex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdftex,}//
TEXFORMATS.pdfetex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdfetex,}//
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Re: [NTG-context] bib: potential range of bibliography styles?
Excellent, I'll take it up soon! Regards, David On Mar 23, 2005, at 12:43 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aside from all the niggling details (which I'm sure could be worked out), is this kind of layout in general possible—all citations going by year underneath a single instance of the author? …or am I doomed to forever make these by hand? ;) I'd say it is doable, but not trivial. ;-) You need to use \setupbibtex[sort=author], of course. I you can make it come out like below (all that should be doable using just the documented features of the bib module), then I will help you 'compress' the repeating authors afterwards, ok? PEIRCE, Charles S. 1859. "An Essay on the Limits of Religious Thought Written to Prove That We Can Reason Upon the Nature of God", MS 53, in W1:37-40 PEIRCE, Charles S. 1982. Writings of Charles S. Peirce: a Chronological Edition, ed. Max Fisch, Peirce Edition Project. Five volumes. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982-98). Greetings, Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] bib: potential range of bibliography styles?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aside from all the niggling details (which I'm sure could be worked out), is this kind of layout in general possible—all citations going by year underneath a single instance of the author? …or am I doomed to forever make these by hand? ;) I'd say it is doable, but not trivial. ;-) You need to use \setupbibtex[sort=author], of course. I you can make it come out like below (all that should be doable using just the documented features of the bib module), then I will help you 'compress' the repeating authors afterwards, ok? PEIRCE, Charles S. 1859. "An Essay on the Limits of Religious Thought Written to Prove That We Can Reason Upon the Nature of God", MS 53, in W1:37-40 PEIRCE, Charles S. 1982. Writings of Charles S. Peirce: a Chronological Edition, ed. Max Fisch, Peirce Edition Project. Five volumes. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982-98). Greetings, Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] bib: potential range of bibliography styles?
Greetings all, I'm leaning towards experimenting with the bib module to see if I can arrive at a usable "Semiotics Society of America" reference section, which is a historically layered style, along the lines of: --- PEIRCE, Charles S. 1859. "An Essay on the Limits of Religious Thought Written to Prove That We Can Reason Upon the Nature of God", MS 53, in W1:37-40 1982. Writings of Charles S. Peirce: a Chronological Edition, ed. Max Fisch, Peirce Edition Project. Five volumes. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982-98). TEILHARD de Chardin, Pr. P. 1961. (posthumously). Hymn of the Universe (New York: Harper & Row Torchbooks, English Edition, 1965). 1957. (posthumously). The Divine Milieu (New York: Harper & Row Colophon Books Edition, 1968). --- Aside from all the niggling details (which I'm sure could be worked out), is this kind of layout in general possible—all citations going by year underneath a single instance of the author? …or am I doomed to forever make these by hand? ;) Regards, David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip
ishamid wrote: Dear conglomerate, Ok, I've installed mswincontext.zip, dated 3-16, refreshed fndb, set UseEnginePath to true and so forth. 4 Problems: 1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf still work): == \definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery] \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] Zapf Chancery \input tufte.tex == strange indeed, it looks like the files are corrupted (very small tfm/vf files); you can regenerate the metrics with: texmfstart texfont.pl type-tmf.dat --en=texnansi --ven=urw -col=zapfchan Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Chapter numbers in the right margin
Hans Hagen wrote: in addition to other answers Sorry, mybe the time or a my bad day, i don't understand Do you refer to my answers ? If yes (please submit to wiki) how to ? (a my bad day,maybe tomorrow will be better) luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Bold item separator?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
I can't seem to get an itemize list to have *bold* item separators,
namely the "R" — UC Roman Numeral series. I bet it's really obvious
*grinding teeth*. Anyone give me a clue?
well, instead of grinding my teeth (since i dunno understand your requirement
-), i show a few settings
\starttext
\setupitemize[stopper={\bf.}]
\startitemize[A]
\item test
\item test
\stopitemize
\setupitemize[stopper=!]
\startitemize[A]
\item test
\item test
\stopitemize
\setupitemize[stopper=.,style=bold]
\startitemize[A]
\item test
\item test
\stopitemize
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!
Adam Lindsay wrote: On 22 Mar 2005, at 16:14, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Your result looks promising - but duplicating your way showed me my command line limits: $ afm2pl -p `kpsewhich texnansi.enc` HelveticaNeue.afm afm2pl: fatal: default.lig not found. Yeah, Gerben doesn't include that file that afm2pl expects. A quick google revealed: http://www.tug.org/ftp/texlive/Contents/testinstalled/texmf/fonts/lig/ afm2pl/default.lig ...which I copied to the working directory. It should be included in gwTeX. afaik there is also a bug in afm2pl i.e. it does not look at the right spit for the lig file Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Chapter numbers in the right margin
Randall Skelton wrote:
Use textcommand only for text, numbercommand only for number,
command for both;
you can see some examples in sectionVariations in titles .
Thanks for the reply.
The problem with separating the text and number is that the space
separating the text and number still appears in the chapter text. On
a similar note, why doesn't 'show makeup' display the right margin
number?
\def\MyChapterNumberText#1{
\inright{\begingroup
\midaligned{#1}
\endgroup}
}
\def\MyChapterText#1{
\begingroup
\leftaligned{#1}
\endgroup
}
\setuphead
[Topic, chapter]
[numbercommand=\MyChapterNumberText,
textcommand=\MyChapterText,
numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont[48pt]},
textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[12pt]},
color=black,
number=yes,
page=right,
continue=no,
header=empty,
before=\vbox to 3cm\bgroup,
after=\vss\egroup]
\starttext
%\showmakeup
\chapter{This is a Chapter Title}
\input tufte
\section{This is a section title}
\input tufte \par \input knuth \par
\subsection{This is a sub-section title}
\input tufte \par \input knuth \par
\stoptext
in addition to other answers (please submit to wiki)
no need for dunny \begingroups and spaces
\def\MyChapterNumberText#1%
{\inright{\midaligned{#1}}}
\def\MyChapterText#1%
{\leftaligned{#1}}
set distance to 0pt (distance between number and text)
\setuphead
[Topic,chapter]
[numbercommand=\MyChapterNumberText,
textcommand=\MyChapterText,
numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont[48pt]},
textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[12pt]},
color=black,
number=yes,
page=right,
continue=no,
header=empty,
distance=0pt, % no number before it
before=\vbox to 3cm\bgroup,
after=\vss\egroup]
an alternativ eis to set alternative=command and alike, but more fun is to
hook in your own handler
undocumented -)
\definemarginline[MyOuter] [location=outer,width=\outermarginwidth]
\def\MyPlaceHead#1#2{\vbox{\MyOuter{\midaligned{#1}}#2}}
\defineheadplacement[MyHead][vertical]#1#2{\MyPlaceHead{#1}{#2}}
\setuphead[chapter][alternative=MyHead]
you rexample
\starttext
\showframe
\chapter{This is a Chapter Title}
\input tufte
\section{This is a section title}
\input tufte \par \input knuth \par
\subsection{This is a sub-section title}
\input tufte \par \input knuth \par
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] Columnsets problems
Gilles Pérez-Lambert wrote:
Hello,
Following Hans's presentation on ConTeXt in EuroTeX 2005, I started to use
columnsets. I'm really really impressed. Columnsets are easy to set up and
wonderfully powerful.
Nevertheless, I have some problems with columnsets... On the page:
http://typo.free.fr/context/
you'll find the source file (Bogues.tex) and the output (Bogues.pdf)
or a zip file of them.
Some info on my config:
texexec : TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
context : ver: 2005.03.16
cont-en : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.19 mes: english
cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.19 mes: dutch
Pages
on the
Bogues.pdf Description
--
1 When a title (here: \Article{Le titre})
is inside a columnsetspan, header=empty
doesn't work.
you probably means 'high'
well, that's kind of tricky and i need to look into that carefully
below is another way of doing it (OTRSET patch)
6 The right column continues in the footer.
10 Same problem.
17 a line from the left column is reported on
the right column even if there is room for
it on the left column.
dunno, have to look into it (quite tricky to sync things in column sets;
stretching tex to the limit)
By the way, always in a columnsets context, is there a way to completely forbid floats on certain pages?
no, should be doabla (so remind me later)
I didn't find a way to tell placefigure not to allow figures to be renumbered during the placement. In other words, is there a possibility the follow the order in which I declare the figure, even if a page is less optimal like this...
see patch below
\unprotect
% % % %
\setupfloats
[\c!numbering=\v!yes]
\def\dofloatreference
{\doifnot\@@bknumbering\v!nocheck
{\doglobal\increment\numberedfloat
\expanded{\writeutilitycommand
{\noexpand\twopassentry
{\s!float}%
{\numberedfloat}%
{\hetnummer}
\def\redofloatorder#1%
{\doifnot\@@bknumbering\v!nocheck
{\doglobal\increment\nofplacedfloats\relax
\gettwopassdata\s!float
\iftwopassdatafound
\doifnot\hetnummer\twopassdata
{\edef\oldhetnummer{\hetnummer}%
\xdef\hetnummer{\twopassdata}%
\showmessage\m!floatblocks1{\nofplacedfloats,#1
\oldhetnummer,\hetnummer}}%
\fi}}
% % % %
\def\OTRSETskipstart
{\scratchcounter\executeifdefined{\??mc\OTRSETidentifier\c!start}\zerocount
\ifcase\scratchcounter\else
\advance\scratchcounter\plusone
\doOTRSETsetgridcells
{\copy\placeholderboxe}
\plusone\plusone\nofcolumns\scratchcounter
\null}%
\fi}
\def\OTRSETsetvsize % snap per sectie (gap here?)
{\ifcollectingcontent \else % can be assigndimen
\OTRSETskipstart
\OTRSETcheckinsert % added
\OTRSETsetfreecells\mofcolumns\columnfirstcell
\ifsomefreecolumncells
\global\vsize\columnfreecells\lineheight
\ifinotr % else problems with floats, see extreme
\global\pagegoal\vsize % niet nodig, tenzij binnen otr
\fi
\synchronizeoutput % fails on example
% \allowbreak % hm
\fi
\synchronizenotes
\fi}
\def\OTRSETdoflushfloats
{\bgroup
\def\OTRSETsavebox##1{\!!doneafalse}%
\doloop
{\ifsomefloatwaiting
\OTRSETskipstart
\dogetfloat
\ifdim\wd\floatbox>\zeropoint
\!!doneatrue
\dp\floatbox\zeropoint
\OTRSETstoreincolumnslot{TBLR}\floatbox
\if!!donea
%\message{[flu]}%
\else
\OTRSETresavebox\floatbox
\exitloop
\fi
\else
%\message{[err]}% happens but why?
\fi
\else
\exitloop
\fi}
\egroup}
\protect
\setuplayout
[grid=yes,
header=0pt,
height=middle,
width=middle]
\showgrid
\setupfloats[numbering=nocheck]
\definecolumnset [first] [n=2,start=0]
\definecolumnset [next] [n=2,start=3]
\setuptexttexts[\vbox to \textheight{\topskipcorrection \hsize\makeupwidth left
\hfill right\vfill}]
\setuphead[chapter][text=empty]
\starttext
\startcolumnset[first,next]
\placefigure[btrl]{}{}
\placefigure[tblr]{}{}
\chapter{thuan} \dorecurse{25}{\recurselevel: \input thuan \endgraf}
\stopcolumnset
\startcolumnset[first,next]
\chapter{thuan} \dorecurse{25}{\recurselevel: \input thuan \endgraf}
\stopcolumnset
\startcolumnset[first,next]
\chapter{thuan} \dorecurse{25}{\input thuan \endgraf\placefigure{}{}}
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)
Adam Lindsay wrote: ishamid said this at Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:30:48 -0700: ! Undefined control sequence. \pardir #1#2#3->\global \TeXXeTstate \plusone \if #2L\chardef \inlinedirecti... l.1 \pardir TLT Oops, I think I recognize this. This came about when Hans and I were trying to introduce some very basic imitations of Omega's bidi support, prompted by XeTeX's Unicode capabilities. Unfortunately, it rests on an eTeX check--not a problem with Omega, but with Aleph, it means we clobber the \pardir primitives! Oops, indeed. Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans? attached for testing, i dunny what the pardir equivalents are for \beginL and \beginR -) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - supp-dir.tex Description: TeX document ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It means that there's no \omacron in texnansi (or the other major western encodings used for TeX fonts), and you're asking ConTeXt to synthesise it from an 'o' and a 'textmacron'. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to hear that the Mac handles combining accents differently from TeX, and so the converted font's metrics is going to result in mistakes in building text accents. Interpretation: you're using artificial test cases to verify the font installation. Stick to what you need and know, and you'll probably end up with a character in the encoding. No! I do need \omacron as I am typesetting the German translation of a Indian Yoga book ... with lots of Sanskrit (in latin alphabet plus all those diacritical accents)! If you do need \omacron and the like, then you could hand-tune macros that accommodate the specific font--see Idris's recent thread on accents, or you could cook up an "expert" encoding (since MacOSX's Helvetica does include that character) like Vit, and switch to that encoding when you need the character, or you could even go with a big unicode font install. I'll be documenting that process sometime. That would be quite interesting. (But for now I leave this workshop and use the HelveticaNeue to go on.) Thank you, Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!
On 23 Mar 2005, at 11:54, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Well, then the tilde moves in its right position. But the macron stays left. A font wizard knows what that means?! It means that there's no \omacron in texnansi (or the other major western encodings used for TeX fonts), and you're asking ConTeXt to synthesise it from an 'o' and a 'textmacron'. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to hear that the Mac handles combining accents differently from TeX, and so the converted font's metrics is going to result in mistakes in building text accents. Interpretation: you're using artificial test cases to verify the font installation. Stick to what you need and know, and you'll probably end up with a character in the encoding. If you do need \omacron and the like, then you could hand-tune macros that accommodate the specific font--see Idris's recent thread on accents, or you could cook up an "expert" encoding (since MacOSX's Helvetica does include that character) like Vit, and switch to that encoding when you need the character, or you could even go with a big unicode font install. I'll be documenting that process sometime. adam ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hum. I haven't tried to replicate that here, but that looks like it
might be an encoding problem: ConTeXt doesn't know that you're using a
texnansi encoding, so it synthesises the characters using the
definitions in enco-def. Is the above file the only way you tested it?
No, also with other conversion and in other files it is the same.
Does this help?
\loadmapline[+Helvetica Helvetica " TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont "
\starttext
\definedfont[texnansi-Helvetica]
R\d{o} R{\=o} R\~o
\stoptext
Well, then the tilde moves in its right position.
But the macron stays left.
A font wizard knows what that means?!
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Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!
On 22 Mar 2005, at 20:40, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Now it works. Very nice and clear ways to get it.
But both goodies don't work with OSX's Helvetica.dfont
If you try it with the .ttf you'll get:
Error: pdfetex (file Helvetica.ttf): can't find table `OS/2'
==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!
Yes, I've run into that before: Apple doesn't include some
"compatibility" tables (that TeX-centric utilities rely upon) in some
of their platform fonts. I haven't found a good way to work with those
TTFs.
And if instead you use the .pfb
then you'll get the misplaced macrons and tildes that I've reported.
Just try this:
\loadmapline[+Helvetica Helvetica " TeXnANSIEncoding
ReEncodeFont "
\showfont[Helvetica] R\d{o} R{\=o} R\~o
\page\showcharacters
\stoptext
Hum. I haven't tried to replicate that here, but that looks like it
might be an encoding problem: ConTeXt doesn't know that you're using a
texnansi encoding, so it synthesises the characters using the
definitions in enco-def. Is the above file the only way you tested it?
Does this help?
\loadmapline[+Helvetica Helvetica " TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont "
\definefontsynonym[texnansi-Helvetica][Helvetica][encoding=texnansi]
\starttext
\definedfont[texnansi-Helvetica]
R\d{o} R{\=o} R\~o
\stoptext
I know the HelveticaNeue is more beautiful ... but nevertheless it
would be interesting why there is the above error (and how it can be
solved).
I do think you're being greedy, but I have to admit I'm curious, too!
adam
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Re: [NTG-context] bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)
ishamid said this at Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:30:48 -0700: >! Undefined control sequence. >\pardir #1#2#3->\global \TeXXeTstate > \plusone \if #2L\chardef >\inlinedirecti... >l.1 \pardir TLT Oops, I think I recognize this. This came about when Hans and I were trying to introduce some very basic imitations of Omega's bidi support, prompted by XeTeX's Unicode capabilities. Unfortunately, it rests on an eTeX check--not a problem with Omega, but with Aleph, it means we clobber the \pardir primitives! Oops, indeed. Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans? adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lancaster University, InfoLab21+44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
