On 9/19/07, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i need to update a few more binaries, and mojca and i have to fix/test a
couple of xetex things (new xetex bin too)
So the minimal distribution will come with mkii, mkiii, and mkiv? Thanks!
One question: does the bundled LuaTeX track the current
On 9/19/07, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't forget to incorporate tex-gyre, including otf's!
Is the installation really that hard?
I'd rather have a tarball to be unzipped over the directory tree than
have a constantly growing 'minimal' installation.
--Joel
On 9/20/07, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Really, we (=I) should move away from bibtex.
Has anyone on the list tried CrossTeX
(http://crosstex.sourceforge.net/)? I've successfully used it with
LaTeX; no idea how much trouble it would be to use with ConTeXt.
--Joel
On 9/26/07, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) Why we need to set almost all in setuptex.bat, while the same vars
(except Windows' PATH) are already set in texmf.cnf?
well, this is not recent, but has aways been the case; in setuptex i
make sure that no conflicts can arise between
On 9/30/07, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So what environment variables can I set globally to avoid the need for
running setuptex.bat? My first guess is:
snip
SETUPTEX=done
CTXMINIMAL=yes
not if setuptex is not used
CTXMINIMAL is also not needed?
TEXPATH=C:\...whatever the
So, to sum up: The tex engines should be accessible via PATH,
OSFONTDIR is really handy; other than that only TEXPATH and TEXMF* are
needed, since pool files (whatever they are) are on the way out.
Seems straightforward enough, if that's complete.
Is there any real point to creating an NSIS or
On 10/3/07, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well, we can start thinking of virtal fonts; on the other hand, a year
from now we will have math in the tex gyre fonts so maybe it's not worth
the effort
Also Cambria/Cambria Math is obtainable, and the Stix fonts have been
a month away for half
On 10/3/07, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Emmm ... no. But I have no influence on encoding - there seems to be
some smart algorithm behind gmail, which tries to guess which
encoding to use. Usually it takes ascii or utf-8, but apparently it
sometimes favors other encodings for some
On 10/23/07, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A curiosity: With \enableregime[utf] commented the file size is 2919
bytes, with it uncommented it's 2918 bytes.
I wonder where the extra 1-byte savings with \enableregime[utf] is coming
from...
The '%', perhaps? ;)
I'd have guessed
Testing a new installation of mswincontext, I got this message when
texexecing the first example from the wiki:
(c:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
Is this normal?
(My setup is
On 10/31/07, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
Is this normal?
yes
What does the warning mean, and if it's normal why is there a warning for it?
--Joel
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If
What is the best way of keeping a mswincontext installation
up-to-date? Do I need to download beta releases of the luatex binary
and newer versions of the ConTeXt distribution from
http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm, or is there an automatic
updater?
On a related note, where should I unzip
On 11/1/07, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have uploaded an updated version of the ConTeXt-support package for
Notepad++ (Npp):
Thanks! I'm trying to make it work with my np++ installation without
losing my tweaks configurations, so I've been manually merging
config files
How difficult would it be to adapt the typescript for Gentium (at
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TypeScripts) to use the new Gentium
Basic for headings Gentium Book Basic for text weights (both have
Roman, Bold Roman, Italic, Bold Italic) -- but with reverting to
Gentium for characters that
Guess I asked for too much at once.
I've downloaded the Gentium Basic/Basic Book set of fonts from
http://scripts.sil.org/Gentium_basic, and I'd like to use them with
ConTeXt. I ran texfont (with the command line texfont
--fontroot=c:\users\chesky\programs\context\tex\texmf-local
On Nov 22, 2007 1:24 PM, Arthur Reutenauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You need a newer LuaTeX binary; many things have changed in
hyphenation and language issues in September and the current ConTeXt
uses the new scheme. The last snapshot-0.15 should be enough.
Is the new binary in
I just tried running ctxtools --updatecontext on my minimal
installation. It successfully downloads extracts cont-tmf.zip,
mktexlsr remakes all formats, then LuaTools and MtxRun start doing
some configuration magic:
LuaTools | old script
On Nov 22, 2007 1:31 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The following works for me with LuaTeX and XeTeX. I had my test
file in the same directory as the fonts, can you try this or you
forgot to call fc-cache -v -r.
I ran fc-cache -v -r, and that typescript worked for me, but I
I'm trying a fairly ambitious project to teach myself practical
ConTeXt -- typesetting a book I'm writing. As per
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure, I've created files
for the project, environment, product, and component. The component
file (preface.tex) is the only one with
On Dec 21, 2007 3:19 AM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
\setuppapersize[sixbynine][oversized]
\setuplayout[marking=on]
Cool! Is there a way to center the 6″×9″ page on 8½″×11″ paper? I've tried
\setuppapersize[sixbynine][letter]
but that puts the page in the upper-left corner.
My new Ubuntu installation includes TeXLive version 2007-10. Is there
a way for me to keep the ConTeXt part of this up-to-date with current
(stable) versions? Considering that I have XeTeX 0.996, do I want to,
or should I stick with what currently works?
--Joel
On Dec 21, 2007 12:29 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
location=middle (in setuplayout)
Is there a problem with having location=middle in setuplayout and
location=doublesided in setuppagenumbering?
--Joel
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On Dec 21, 2007 12:49 PM, Joel C. Salomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a problem with having location=middle in setuplayout and
location=doublesided in setuppagenumbering?
Never mind; I had done something dumb with the margin widths.
Anyhow, I'm trying the environment shown below, but I'm
On Dec 21, 2007 2:01 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you mean by the rectangle around the text area.
Here's the project I'm compiling (as it currently stands), condensed
into a single file:
\definepapersize[sixbynine][width=6in,height=9in]
On Dec 21, 2007 4:08 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
textwidth=288pt, textheight=432pt,
replace these two lines with
width=288pt and height=432pt
don't use textwidth and textheight in \setuplayout.
Actually, width=288pt, textheight=432pt, gives me exactly the result
I
On Dec 21, 2007 9:17 PM, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Create $HOME/texmf. Download justtex.zip, and cont-tmf.zip, cont-fnt.zip
from pragma's website, and unzip them inside $HOME/texmf. Download the
font files from TeX Gyre and unzip then in $HOME/texmf.
Do I need to set the
I'm trying to put everything together so potential problems are easily
identifiable, and so that a recipe or shell script can perhaps be put
on the wiki.
On Dec 23, 2007 5:08 AM, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also, if you already have a working TeX distribution, you can write a
few
On Dec 23, 2007 4:57 PM, Norbert Preining [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have updated luatex and context so currently I can even run MkIV
documents
Running Ubuntu Hardy alpha 2, reloading package lists reports:
W: GPG error: http://people.debian.org context/ Release: The following
signatures
Has anyone had success running ConTeXt as packaged with Ubuntu? I
can't get texexec --lua to find the ConTeXt format files, nor can I
figure out how to generate the format files for luatex. XeTeX is
similarly flaky. I'm running Ubuntu Hardy alpha in hopes of getting
more up-to-date packages; is
On Jan 14, 2008 2:26 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
luatools --generate
texexec --make --luatex
texexec --luatex yourfile.tex
Should the first two lines be run with root privilege or separately
for each user?
--Joel
On Jan 14, 2008 2:26 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
luatools --generate
texexec --make --luatex
texexec --luatex yourfile.tex
Looks like I'm still doing something wrong...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo luatools --generate
LuaTools | skipping /texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf
LuaTools |
On Jan 14, 2008 3:16 PM, Arthur Reutenauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You probably should set TEXMFCACHE as well.
Where to set it? Just as a UNIX environment variable (presumably in
my .profile or similar) or as a kpse variable (which I don't know how
to set)?
--Joel
On Jan 14, 2008 3:16 PM, Arthur Reutenauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You probably should set TEXMFCACHE as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkdir .texmf-cache
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ export TEXMFCACHE=~/.texmf-cache
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXMFCACHE'
/home/chesky/.texmf-cache
...is still not working for me.
For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I
suppose), had it worked out of the box or is some assembly
required?
--Joel
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If your question is of interest to others
On Jan 15, 2008 7:47 PM, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I
suppose), had it worked out of the box or is some assembly
required?
Can you use Debian sid repositories for Hardy? If so, Norbert Preining
provides deb packages
On Jan 15, 2008 10:51 PM, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a test file with mkiv-only features I can better test my
installation on?
\ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;}
This will definitely not work for mkii :)
Good point; and here's where I ran into
On Jan 16, 2008 6:49 PM, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is texexec for some reason not actually running luatex here?
Yes ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/tex practice$ texexec --lutex hello_lua.tex
--luatex, not --lutex
Good eye!
But now the problem looks different:
On Jan 17, 2008 3:36 PM, luigi scarso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What about
$ luatools --variables
and
$texlua -help
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/tex practice$ luatools --variables
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/tex practice$ texlua -help
Usage: luatex --lua=FILE [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]]
On Jan 18, 2008 8:08 AM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The TeXGyre team is currently trying to get funding for the next stage
of TeXGYre: unicode math coverage. As usual we first approach user
groups, but i fear that this stage (some 40KEUR) is quite a burden on
them. So, if you're
On Jan 18, 2008 2:47 AM, Olivier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am using Debian packages. It works but as Aditya already said,
you have to export at least those two variables: TEXMFCNF and TEXMFCACHE.
snip
But (from your mails) you do not seem to have set the environment
variables correctly.
That
On Feb 6, 2008 11:35 AM, Johannes Graumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a *.deb release for the current context version, or what are the
plans for it?
Norbert Preining is on vacation, so I'm guessing no. The most recent
version he's got on his site
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Peter I. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm typesetting a document to be printed in book format. For this
purpose I need the left margin of an odd numbered page to be larger
than the right margin, and the right margin of an even numbered page
to be larger
Two questions came up when I was looking into putting ConTeXt on a USB
stick (i.e., as a portable app):
1. Is perl still required for a ConTeXt installation (say, under
Windows)? I know texexec is now written in Ruby, but are there other
programs in Stand-alone or the Minimals that require
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
luatex + context mkiv is indeed independent [of Ruby]
- index sorting takes place in mkiv
- job control is done with mtxrun/mtx-context
Now that I've been told the idea is at least possible, I've been
thinking about how to
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
one option is to write a dedicated fetch script, load the minimals for
luatex use only (is an option) and then look at the files you need
Any clues for how to go about this?
i wonder if it's worth the trouble because all
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Mojca Miklavec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are many other OpenType fonts that get fetched by default as
well. And maybe the whole bin/common can be left out in that case
(maybe windows still needs some libraries).
So there is still some space that could
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Mojca Miklavec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any clues for how to go about this?
There are two options:
1.) take a look at first-setup.sh (really stupid script); you can call
mtx-update with --engine=luatex
As opposed to --engine=all? Sounds good so far.
I'm putting together my own rsync calls based on the Minimals
firstsetup.bat and Vyatcheslav's installer. Found a difference:
firstsetup.bat includes the switch --context=beta in its call to
mtx-update. What is the difference if it's used or no?
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Slight tangent: Is there any support for using any of the OpenType
math fonts (I know of Cambria Math, STIX, and Asana Math—this last on
tug.org) in mkiv?
cambria ... probably in the near future (as tex gyre will also
Same problem, fresh rsync from minimals:
C:\Users\chesky\Programs\ConTeXtluatools --ini --compile cont-en
LuaTools | creating initialization file cont-en
LuaTools | using library path :
C:/Users/chesky/Programs/ConTeXt/texmf-context/tex/context/base
LuaTools | using lua libraries: l-string.lua
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've commited new version of Context Minimals Installer for Windows.
http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe
Could you please update the online source as well?
I'm working on ConTeXt+SciTE-on-a-USB-Stick. A downloadable program
is still far off, as is a version that can be put on PortableApps.com,
but I've gotten to the point of mapping out the basic parameters:
• We need to have a start-up program, which will set up the
environment and start SciTE
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm going to defer working on [Perl Ruby].
we dont't need full perl and ruby; perl only when you want to use
mptopdf, which is not needed because texexec can do the same; so, a
small ruby is enough
So does anyone on
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Akira Kakuto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are some new executables in w32tex's XeTeX.
I'll remove them.
How does the Minimals distribution deal with files deleted from the
server? Does rsync know enough to remove files as well?
--Joel
On 8/8/07, Arthur Reutenauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Where luatex is located in PRAGMA? I see only cont-tfm.zip. I use
TeXLive, so only luatex binaries I'm missing now.
In the minimal distribution (mswintex.zip for Windows, linuxtex.zip etc
...).
So the stand-alone mswincontext.zip
On 8/8/07, Peter Rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So you don't even need lua anymore.
i see. but on windows you waste more than 7mb disk space this way.
installing the lua binaries costs only 288kb. so where is the benefit?
- no need to install anything else (no huge ruby/perl or
On 8/28/07, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let me share my installer for MSWinContext. The archive contains installer
and source code.
snip
Any questions/suggestions?
I use the standalone MSWinContext on a machine with MiKTeX installed.
By default I run the MiKTeX binaries;
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Michail Vidiassov mas...@iaas.msu.ru wrote:
Unicode Nearly Plain-Text Encoding of Mathematics
http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn28/UTN28-PlainTextMath-v2.pdf
Unicode Tech Note #28 is completely unrelated to TeX. It is a
suggestion for a different method of encoding
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:
I have success with \goto instead of \useURL. Actually, I like \goto
even more, because it is more simple.
\goto{http://url.com/index.html}[url(http://url.com/index.html)]
My question is: how to mark a email in this way? (So that clicking on it
opened mail
Xan wrote:
I just want to know if there is a symbol that join \ll and = like \leq
joins and =. If not, it's possible to make that symbol (that has
in upper and - in bottom; like \leq but with two )?
No doubt you _could_ define such a symbol, but what is the meaning of
it? The statement “a ≪
Joel C. Salomon wrote:
Xan wrote:
I just want to know if there is a symbol that join \ll and = like \leq
joins and =. If not, it's possible to make that symbol (that has
in upper and - in bottom; like \leq but with two )?
No doubt you _could_ define such a symbol, but what is the meaning
Yue Wang wrote:
the mswincontext zip always provided ruby and gs and as well as xmlproc and
xsltproc
it's just that now that we have the garden minimals i no longer make my own
so making mswincontex makes less sense too
What about make a mswinbonus.zip for the user who need them,
like
luigi scarso wrote:
uh why is it so difficult ?
I mean, I understand that can be hard.. but so hard ?
From all I’ve learned by lurking on Typophile.com, yes; the $20–40 per
weight-style most fonts sell for is quite reasonable given the work
required to produce it.
William Adams wrote:
I've
Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
Cool idea! I don’t believe there are many METATYPE1 fonts drawn with
any degree of parameterization (meta-ness)—are there any besides the
GUST Antykwa fonts (Toruńska Półtawskiego)?
Of course: the Latin Modern fonts are, inheriting from Computer
Modern, as is
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