On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:04:46 +0200
Otared Kavian <ota...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems that with the latest beta there is a bug in the way how the
> command \text is handled in step charts (plesae see the attached
> PDF). This bug is absent from mkii, and absent from previous versions
> of mkiv (up to a weak ago, I believe).
>
> This is a minimal example which shows that the font used in each cell
> of \text changes randomly (there are four instances of \text, and
> each time a different font is used…):
>
> %%%% begin random-text-size.tex
> \usemodule[steps]
>
> \starttext
> \input knuth.tex
>
> \placefigure[none][-]{}{
> \startSTEPtable
> \cell {$(f\circ u)(x_{*} + o(1)) = $} \text{definition of
> $f\circ u$} \cell {$f\left(u\left(x_{*} + o(1)\right)\right) = $}
> \text {$u$ is continuous} \cell {$f\left(u(x_{*}) + o(1)\right) = $}
> \text {$f$ is continuous} \cell {$f\left(u(x_{*})\right) + o(1) =$}
> \text {definition of $f\circ u$} \cell {$(f\circ u)(x_{*}) + o(1)$.}
> \stopSTEPtable}
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% begin random-text-size.tex
This bug arises from low-level changes in the handling text from
MetaPost. I have reported this to Hans (in the context of graphs),
although I have not understood how to fix it.
The result is kind of fun: like something that many people produced at
the time of the introduction of the Apple MacIntosh!
Alan
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