Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

2008-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Alan, calm down. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> (1) \definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFont sa 1.728] >>You could either use a real font name like 'Arial' or a symbolic name >>defined with \definefontsynonym like 'Serif', 'SerifBold', 'Sans', >>'Dum

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

2008-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:14 AM, Diego Depaoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/16 Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] >> Many thanks in advance for your enlightening help. > > For some obscure reason right fontnames are linked with wrong filenames. > This is the output of > mtxrun --script

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-16 Thread David
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:30:19 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: > I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. > > One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by > typing “.\”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the > inter-word spacing in > > \starttext > A. E. Samuel\crlf >

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

2008-07-16 Thread Diego Depaoli
I missed... 2008/7/17 Diego Depaoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You must rename the files (tested, it works with --lua and --xtx switches >) -- Diego Depaoli ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, pleas

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

2008-07-16 Thread Diego Depaoli
2008/7/16 Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > Many thanks in advance for your enlightening help. For some obscure reason right fontnames are linked with wrong filenames. This is the output of mtxrun --script fonts --list on my system [...] times new romanTimes New Roma

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Martin Schröder
2008/7/16 Peter Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > the results (don't continue to read if you want a happy end): > > pdftex 1.40.3 produces a pdf, that shows no side effects when it's > included by the same version of pdftex (1.40.3). > if i include that pdf with the current 1.40.9-rc1 i get the wrong col

[NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

2008-07-16 Thread Alan Stone
> (1) \definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFont sa 1.728] >You could either use a real font name like 'Arial' or a symbolic name >defined with \definefontsynonym like 'Serif', 'SerifBold', 'Sans', >'Dummy-Regular' etc. in the second argument of \definefont but not >the name for a font collection de

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Taco Hoekwater schrieb: > > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Taco Hoekwater schrieb: >>> Taco Hoekwater wrote: Thanks, for the heads up. The luatex trunk is a bit in flux at the moment. We are trying to squeeze the previous half year of pdftex and texlive development into it, and it takes some

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Peter Rolf wrote: > Mojca Miklavec schrieb: >>> sure. if someone can point me to the windows binaries of pdftex 1.40.3 i >>> can test that. >> >> Maybe the one from TeX Live 2007? >> http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/win32/pdftex.exe?view=log >> >

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Mojca Miklavec schrieb: >> sure. if someone can point me to the windows binaries of pdftex 1.40.3 i >> can test that. > > Maybe the one from TeX Live 2007? > http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/win32/pdftex.exe?view=log > one thing left: pdftex.pool is missing (the good old days w

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Mojca Miklavec schrieb: >> sure. if someone can point me to the windows binaries of pdftex 1.40.3 i >> can test that. > > Maybe the one from TeX Live 2007? > http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/win32/pdftex.exe?view=log > thank you Mojca (revision 5403). > Mojca >

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
> sure. if someone can point me to the windows binaries of pdftex 1.40.3 i > can test that. Maybe the one from TeX Live 2007? http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/win32/pdftex.exe?view=log Mojca ___ If

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Taco Hoekwater schrieb: > > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Taco Hoekwater schrieb: >>> Taco Hoekwater wrote: Thanks, for the heads up. The luatex trunk is a bit in flux at the moment. We are trying to squeeze the previous half year of pdftex and texlive development into it, and it takes some

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Mojca Miklavec > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: >>> Hi LUA-users, >>> >>> >>> Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX >>> 10.4). >>> >>> Now I get very strange

Re: [NTG-context] Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O)

2008-07-16 Thread Alan Stone
( 2nd and last attempt: message didn't get through ) Thanks a lot Wolfgang. There's still something I don't understand though... Why does this not compile then ? \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontRegular] [name:Times New R

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Willi Egger
Hello, indeed, that was the problem in MKIV. - Though this runs really fast, it is to adopt a new attitude! ;-) Willi On Jul 16, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: >>> Hi LUA-users, >>> >>> >>> Yesterday I

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: >>> Hi LUA-users, >>> >>> >>> Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX >>> 10.4). >>> >>> Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compiled >>> contains a l

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: >> Hi LUA-users, >> >> >> Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX >> 10.4). >> >> Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compiled >> contains a large definition which is used as a

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Rolf wrote: > Taco Hoekwater schrieb: >> Taco Hoekwater wrote: >>> Thanks, for the heads up. The luatex trunk is a bit in flux at the >>> moment. We are trying to squeeze the previous half year of pdftex and >>> texlive development into it, and it takes some effort. >> For the repository us

Re: [NTG-context] luatools cache problem (beta)

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Aditya Mahajan schrieb: > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Peter Rolf wrote: > >> i have 'diff-ed' the versions, but couldn't find any obvious flaw. >> also tested with different luatex binaries. same result. > > Did you also try it on cmd.exe? I recall that sometimes windows ruby had > problems with file p

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Taco Hoekwater schrieb: > > Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> Thanks, for the heads up. The luatex trunk is a bit in flux at the >> moment. We are trying to squeeze the previous half year of pdftex and >> texlive development into it, and it takes some effort. > > For the repository users of luatex: The tr

Re: [NTG-context] luatools cache problem (beta)

2008-07-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Peter Rolf wrote: > i have 'diff-ed' the versions, but couldn't find any obvious flaw. > also tested with different luatex binaries. same result. Did you also try it on cmd.exe? I recall that sometimes windows ruby had problems with file paths in cygwin. Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] Using fontfeatures ...

2008-07-16 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Wolfgang, Thanks for your reply. I tried your suggestions, but unfortunately none of the versions gives oldstyle nor small caps. ;-( Kind regards Willi On Jul 16, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Willi Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >>

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: >> Hi LUA-users, >> >> >> Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX >> 10.4). >> >> Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compiled >> contains a large definition which is used as a

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Mojca, thanks for your immediate reply. - Because I have still an older version running here, I do not depend on immediate repair. - Anyway I believe there will soon be a new version of MPlib though. Kind regards Wiilli On Jul 16, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16,

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: > Hi LUA-users, > > > Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX > 10.4). > > Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compiled > contains a large definition which is used as an inclusion to produce > a series

Re: [NTG-context] overfull hbox (was: Re: Highlight changes)

2008-07-16 Thread Olivier Guéry
Thank's both of you. Exactly what I was looking for. Olivier. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] http://nemolivier.blogspot.com ___ If your question is of interest to others as w

Re: [NTG-context] overfull hbox (was: Re: Highlight changes)

2008-07-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Peter Münster wrote: On Wed, Jul 16 2008, Olivier Guéry wrote: In the same idear, i realy miss something to highlight the « overfull hbox » \version[temporary] \starttext \hsize1pt abcd \stoptext Sometimes, you do not want \version[temporary]. In those cases, I usually

Re: [NTG-context] Part dividers, American style.

2008-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Per the Chicago Manual of Style divider pages and their blank versos > do not show page numbers but are included in the page count, just > like any other pages. However the \part macro excludes them from the > page number

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Willi Egger wrote: >> Hi LUA-users, >> >> >> Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX >> 10.4). >> >> Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compile

Re: [NTG-context] Using fontfeatures ...

2008-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Willi Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to use fontfeatures contained in my new otf-font Seravek. > > I am getting Seravek in the file but no way to activate the oldstyle > figures and the small caps. :-( > > Can someone give m a clue? > > Willi

Re: [NTG-context] luatools cache problem (beta)

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> hi, >> >> i'm currently running the context beta from 07.07.2008 with the windows >> minimals from 10.07.2008. all my (quick) tries to update to a later beta >> version have failed. >> >> my main problem is, that luatools.lua doesn't work properly any mor

[NTG-context] Using fontfeatures ...

2008-07-16 Thread Willi Egger
Hi, I am trying to use fontfeatures contained in my new otf-font Seravek. I am getting Seravek in the file but no way to activate the oldstyle figures and the small caps. :-( Can someone give m a clue? Willi I got until now the following typescript: % \definefontfeature % [OldstyleF

[NTG-context] ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV

2008-07-16 Thread Willi Egger
Hi LUA-users, Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX 10.4). Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compiled contains a large definition which is used as an inclusion to produce a series of similar drawings with different parameters. When compili

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta + LuaTeX

2008-07-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Thanks, for the heads up. The luatex trunk is a bit in flux at the > moment. We are trying to squeeze the previous half year of pdftex and > texlive development into it, and it takes some effort. For the repository users of luatex: The trunk seems to be compiling and r

Re: [NTG-context] fonts (in luatex) (again)

2008-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Diego Depaoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/15 Andrea Valle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> So, I'm testing with the type-doulos.tex file containg this >> \starttypescript [serif] [doulos] >> \setups[font:fallback:roman] >> \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Doulos SIL] >> \

[NTG-context] Part dividers, American style.

2008-07-16 Thread John Culleton
Per the Chicago Manual of Style divider pages and their blank versos do not show page numbers but are included in the page count, just like any other pages. However the \part macro excludes them from the page numbering sequence altogether. And my current customer at least wants roman rather

[NTG-context] overfull hbox (was: Re: Highlight changes)

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, Jul 16 2008, Olivier Guéry wrote: > In the same idear, i realy miss something to highlight the « overfull hbox » \version[temporary] \starttext \hsize1pt abcd \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ __

Re: [NTG-context] luatools cache problem (beta)

2008-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: > hi, > > i'm currently running the context beta from 07.07.2008 with the windows > minimals from 10.07.2008. all my (quick) tries to update to a later beta > version have failed. > > my main problem is, that luatools.lua doesn't work properly any more; > if i start 'luatools -

Re: [NTG-context] Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O)

2008-07-16 Thread Alan Stone
(resend: didn't get through yesterday) Thanks a lot Wolfgang. There's still something I don't understand... Why does this not compile then: see the (new) attachements ? Alan test.tex Description: Binary data test.log Description: Binary data _

Re: [NTG-context] Highlight changes

2008-07-16 Thread Olivier Guéry
2008/7/15 John Devereux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to automatically "highlight changes" to a document, > such that the resulting PDF has markers showing changed areas? Bars in > the margin or some such. Or more generally some other way to easily > communicate what has been chan

[NTG-context] luatools cache problem (beta)

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Rolf
hi, i'm currently running the context beta from 07.07.2008 with the windows minimals from 10.07.2008. all my (quick) tries to update to a later beta version have failed. my main problem is, that luatools.lua doesn't work properly any more; if i start 'luatools --generate' inside eshell (zshell c

Re: [NTG-context] bib module and interaction

2008-07-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > How about redefining \docite as follows > > ... > This way, it will be possible to change the color and style of references > when interaction is on using > > \setupcite[color=darkgreen,style=normal] > > What do you think? Sure, can do.

Re: [NTG-context] fonts (in luatex) (again)

2008-07-16 Thread Andrea Valle
Ah, grazie Diego it works here too (and, too, I don't know why :) ). Best -a- On 16 Jul 2008, at 02:42, Diego Depaoli wrote: 2008/7/15 Andrea Valle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: So, I'm testing with the type-doulos.tex file containg this \starttypescript [serif] [doulos] \setups[font:fallback:roman]