Re: [NTG-context] letfrozen?

2023-06-12 Thread Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
home} >> \writestatus{3}{\meaning\HOME} >>  >> Is this mechanism broken? It looks so useful to prevent accidental >> redefinition! > > here i run with > > \enabledirectives[overloadmode=error] > > (you can do that in cont-sys.mkxl) > > \enabledirecti

[NTG-context] Fallbacks in text font interfere with math accents

2023-06-10 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
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Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-08 Thread Jigé via ntg-context
> $ mkdir ~/.local/share/context > > $ cd ~/.local/share/context > > $ wget https://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip > > $ unzip context-linux-64.zip > > $ sh install.sh > > $ rm context-linux-64.zip > > $ cd ~/.local/share/context/tex >

[NTG-context] And the nominees for best Motion Picture of the year are…

2023-06-05 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
And the nominees for best Motion Picture of the year are «Chatgpt and me» set in the 20's, A professor reckons with life and love of computers using chatgpt software with TeX. Embarking on a journey, he becomes obsessed like no other. Directed by Alan Braslau and «Remembrances in the path

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
zip context-linux-64.zip > > $ sh install.sh > > $ rm context-linux-64.zip > > $ cd ~/.local/share/context/tex > > $ mtxrun --script install-modules --list > > $ mtxrun --script install-modules --install tikz > > (And for good measure, I later did `mtxrun -

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-05 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
b/circuitikz.tds.zip' > mtx-install-modules | into 'texmf-modules' >7 files of 70 done, 14967 bytes, 0.000 seconds > 21 files of 70 done, 61604 bytes, 0.001 seconds > 28 files of 70 done,4839027 bytes, 0.033 seconds > 35 files of 70 done,5906994 byte

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-05 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
967 bytes, 0.000 seconds 21 files of 70 done, 61604 bytes, 0.001 seconds 28 files of 70 done,4839027 bytes, 0.033 seconds 35 files of 70 done,5906994 bytes, 0.040 seconds 42 files of 70 done,6399050 bytes, 0.043 seconds 70 files of 70 done,6879048 bytes, 0.045 s

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
On Sun, 4 Jun 2023, Jigé via ntg-context wrote: > $ mkdir ~/.local/share/context > $ cd ~/.local/share/context > $ wget https://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip > $ unzip context-linux-64.zip > $ sh install.sh > $ rm context-linux-64.zip > $ cd ~/.lo

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-04 Thread Jigé via ntg-context
/myname/.local/share/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-vtex.def /home/myname/.local/share/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-textures.def /home/myname/.local/share/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-postscript.def

[NTG-context] update

2023-06-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
Hi, This time not a functional update but a (potential) performance one. I have no clue if it matters for average usage and some was already in place anyway. I gain some .2 seconds on the 8.5 seconds for the luametatex manual (of which is < 4 sec for tex so we gain the .2 sec on that p

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-04 Thread Floris van Manen via ntg-context
tex format': /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luametatex --jobname="./tk-tst.tex" --socket --shell-escape --fmt=/home/vm/luametatex-cache/context/formats/luametatex/cont-en.fmt --lua=/home/vm/luametatex-cache/context/formats/luametatex/cont-en.lui --c:currentrun=1 --c:fullj

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
fresh install like this : $ mkdir ~/.local/share/context $ cd ~/.local/share/context $ wget https://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip $ unzip context-linux-64.zip $ sh install.sh $ rm context-linux-64.zip $ cd ~/.local/share/context/tex $ mtxrun --script install-modules --list

[NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-04 Thread Jigé via ntg-context
/context $ cd ~/.local/share/context $ wget https://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip $ unzip context-linux-64.zip $ sh install.sh $ rm context-linux-64.zip $ cd ~/.local/share/context/tex $ mtxrun --script install-modules --list $ mtxrun --script install-modules --install tikz

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-02 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
rs. > > One can get really stupid responses about tex and friends, but also can > get impressive exmapled when asked for. (I'm still planning a wrap up of > some.) > > That said, one should read: > >https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt > > and this makes a

Re: [NTG-context] Commercial fonts and diacritics

2023-06-01 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 6/1/2023 11:47 AM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote: I feel that I should have solved the following question myself---I have a long history of making diacritics for Sanskrit work in different incarnations of TeX since 1991---but I have never understood the technicalities of otf fonts

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-01 Thread luigi scarso via ntg-context
nswers. > > One can get really stupid responses about tex and friends, but also can > get impressive exmapled when asked for. (I'm still planning a wrap up of > some.) > > That said, one should read: > >https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt > > and this

[NTG-context] Commercial fonts and diacritics

2023-06-01 Thread hanneder--- via ntg-context
I feel that I should have solved the following question myself---I have a long history of making diacritics for Sanskrit work in different incarnations of TeX since 1991---but I have never understood the technicalities of otf fonts. Currently I am trying to use high quality Adobe Fonts

[NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-01 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
Hi, Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. One can get really stupid responses about tex and friends, but also can get

Re: [NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-30 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
all | installing tex/texmf, 642 files mtx-install | new : 0 % : 115868 : tex/texmf/fonts/data/cms/companion/RalphSmithsFormalScript-Companion.otf mtx-install | new : 0 % : 5308 : tex/texmf/fonts/data/cms/companion/TeXGyreBonumMath-Companion.otf ... snip ... mtx-install |

Re: [NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-30 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
ragma-ade.com/install-lmtx//texmf.zip; 7. unzip texmf.zip 8. chmod +x install.sh 9. ./install.sh mtx-install | unzipping 'texmf-context.zip' 518 files of 5180 done, 81058499 bytes, 0.403 seconds ... snip ... 5180 files of 5180 done, 171691491 bytes, 1.035 seconds mtx-install | installin

[NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-29 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
chmod +x install.sh 9. ./install.sh mtx-install | unzipping 'texmf-context.zip' 518 files of 5180 done, 81058499 bytes, 0.403 seconds ... snip ... 5180 files of 5180 done, 171691491 bytes, 1.035 seconds mtx-install | installing tex/texmf-context, 4924 files mtx-install | new

Re: [NTG-context] \doifelseoddpage not working as expected

2023-05-29 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/29/2023 4:10 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: Am 27.05.23 um 23:54 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: You never know when tex will break a page unless you are explicit so you typeset the status too soon. \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] % \setuppagenumbering

Re: [NTG-context] \doifelseoddpage not working as expected

2023-05-29 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 27.05.23 um 23:54 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: You never know when tex will break a page unless you are explicit so you typeset the status too soon. \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] % \setuppagenumbering[alternative={singlesided,doublesided}] \starttext     \dorecurse

[NTG-context] [ error installing fresh lmtx]

2023-05-29 Thread vm via ntg-context
using linux pop!os 22.04 https://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm download http://lmtx.pragma-ade.nl/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip mkdir context cd context unzip context-linux-64.zip sh install.sh ... <+ /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-sto.lua><+

[NTG-context] dirty tricks

2023-05-28 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
Hi, Here is a new dirty trick: \starttext % we make sure that we get two passes. \setupalign[verytolerant] % we enable some tracing \tracinglousiness1 % \tracinglousiness2 this gives the breakpoints that tex considers as it progresses \hsize8cm \lousiness 0

Re: [NTG-context] \doifelseoddpage not working as expected

2023-05-27 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv    mtx-context | current version: 2023.05.08 17:39    mtx-context | main context file: /home/berend/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/context.mkxl    mtx-context | current version: 2023.05.08 17:39 You never

Re: [NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

2023-05-27 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Cc: peter.hopcr...@icloud.com Betreff: [NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory? My .tex file is in a directory within my working directory. I would like ConTeXt to write its output in the same directory as my .tex file. But it writes to the working

Re: [NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

2023-05-27 Thread peter.hopcroft--- via ntg-context
Max, that answer seems like magic to me, in the sense of an advanced technology. Thank you. It's not quite working for me yet. I'll explore more tomorrow and learn about lua. Peter > On 27/05/2023, at 3:53 PM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context > wrote: > > Hi Peter, >

[NTG-context] \doifelseoddpage not working as expected

2023-05-26 Thread Berend de Boer via ntg-context
}{\doifelseoddpage{ODD \currentpage\par}{EVEN \currentpage\par}} \stoptext My system: context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.04 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /home/berend/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv

[NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

2023-05-26 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
Hi Peter, > My .tex file is in a directory within my working directory. I would like > ConTeXt to write its output in the same directory as my .tex file. But it > writes to the working directory. > > This was asked 10 years ago: > `tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67928

[NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

2023-05-26 Thread peter.hopcroft--- via ntg-context
My .tex file is in a directory within my working directory. I would like ConTeXt to write its output in the same directory as my .tex file. But it writes to the working directory. This was asked 10 years ago: `tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67928/how-to-set-output-directory-in-context-command

Re: [NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-25 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
'interface.lua' or 'mtx-interface.lua' I have ..\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin ..\context\bin In my path. Do I need to add something else to the Path? I would remove context/bin from the PATH. Thanks - that was it. Apparently, it used the executable in the wrong path. Just out of interest, why

Re: [NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-24 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
message, e.g.: > > mtxrun | unknown script 'interface.lua' or 'mtx-interface.lua' > > > > I have > > ..\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin > > ..\context\bin > > In my path. > > > > Do I need to add something else to the Path? > > I would

Re: [NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
script 'interface.lua' or 'mtx-interface.lua' > > I have > ..\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin > ..\context\bin > In my path. > > Do I need to add something else to the Path? I would remove context/bin from the PATH. Try running mtxrun --generate

Re: [NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-24 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
I've just tested with a couple of other scripts... Doesn't matter which one I try to call: Mtxrun --script XYZ will always results in the equivalent error message, e.g.: mtxrun | unknown script 'interface.lua' or 'mtx-interface.lua' I have ..\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin ..\context\bin

Re: [NTG-context] Noto Emoji COLRv1

2023-05-24 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
otf reader > unsupported colr type 2 paint format %i otf reader > fatal error in file 'Noto-COLRv1.ttf': ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/font-dsp.lmt:3575: table index is nil stack traceback: ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-otr.lua:2344: in me

Re: [NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua' I’m using a fresh context installation (2023.05.08 17:39) on Windows. I’ve see a couple of others had/have( ?) the same issue. It does not matter from where I run the command (i.e., I’m getting the same error message also from inside context\tex

Re: [NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-24 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua' I’m using a fresh context installation (2023.05.08 17:39) on Windows. I’ve see a couple of others had/have( ?) the same issue. It does not matter from where I run the command (i.e., I’m getting the same error message also from inside context\tex

[NTG-context] module installer: unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or 'mtx-install-modules.lua'

2023-05-24 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
a fresh context installation (2023.05.08 17:39) on Windows. I've see a couple of others had/have( ?) the same issue. It does not matter from where I run the command (i.e., I'm getting the same error message also from inside context\tex) Is there anything I should do to make this work? Best

[NTG-context] Noto Emoji COLRv1

2023-05-23 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
> fatal error in file 'Noto-COLRv1.ttf': ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/font-dsp.lmt:3575: table index is nil stack traceback: ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-otr.lua:2344: in metamethod 'newindex' ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base

Re: [NTG-context] SVG ViewBox figure battle

2023-05-20 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
Hi again, I changed tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/grph-con.lua to replace "" with "--export-area-page" in the inkscapecrop function: local function inkscapecrop(specification) return (specification and specification.crop == v_yes) and "--export-a

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-13 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 13.05.23 um 16:57 schrieb Axel Kielhorn via ntg-context: I have to context % cd tex After that the installer works fine. That’s intended behavior. (I’ll update the documentation.) Hraban ___ If your question

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-13 Thread Axel Kielhorn via ntg-context
does not work for me. context % mtxrun --script install-modules mtx-install-modules | ConTeXt Module Installer 1.00 context % mtxrun --script install-modules --list mtx-install-modules | loading entries from file '/usr/local/texlive/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/modules/third/mtx-instal

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-10 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
just get them > > anyway.) There are plenty of examples in the type-imp-* files that show the > > way. > > > > Hans > > Thanks for the info Hans. I'll check it out again. About a month or > so ago I went over the fonts used in math with luatex lmtx and it >

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
nt, they have to buy us a > few copies with no constraints. (Normally in a project we just get them > anyway.) There are plenty of examples in the type-imp-* files that show the > way. > > Hans Thanks for the info Hans. I'll check it out again. About a month or so ago I went over th

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 227, Issue 15

2023-05-09 Thread Sebastian Ørsted via ntg-context
gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 4:20?PM Carlos via ntg-context > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello list > > > > the whole error message I get is > > > > tex error > tex error on li

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
> > On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 04:46:42PM +0200, Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context > wrote: > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM Carlos via ntg-context > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello list > > > > > > the whol

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 04:46:42PM +0200, Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context wrote: > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM Carlos via ntg-context > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello list > > > > the whole error message I get is > > > > tex error

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
> > tex error > tex error on line 90 in file ./atestinminion-context.mkiv: > Math error: parameter 'operatorsize' with id 8 in style 0 is not set > > \m_operator_text > \endgroup \Ustopmathmode > \m_operator_text > \stopforceddisplay

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM Carlos via ntg-context wrote: > > > > Hello list > > the whole error message I get is > > tex error > tex error on line 90 in file ./atestinminion-context.mkiv: > Math error: parameter 'operatorsize' with id 8 in style 0 is

[NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
Hello list the whole error message I get is tex error > tex error on line 90 in file ./atestinminion-context.mkiv: Math error: parameter 'operatorsize' with id 8 in style 0 is not set \m_operator_text \endgroup \Ustopmathmode \m_operator_text \stopforceddisplaym

Re: [NTG-context] new module installer and .tar.gz compression

2023-05-08 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
tually installs the outdated simpleslides.zip. So I used a link to the release ZIP for a new release: https://codeberg.org/fiee/context-simpleslides/archive/2023-04-13.zip But the script still only installs the old ZIP. Actually, no, it doesn’t install anything, but doesn’t complain: "&q

Re: [NTG-context] OBSD 7.3 binary locally compiled… what next?

2023-05-08 Thread damien thiriet via ntg-context
Hello, you should make tex/texmf-openbsd7.3-amd64 and put 5 files there: luametatex context -> luametatex mtxrun -> luametatex mtxrun.lua context.lua Thanks for your hints. I did as you said but got stucked with a tree structure problem. Since I was lacking the time

Re: [NTG-context] new module installer and .tar.gz compression

2023-05-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
a link to the release ZIP for a new release: https://codeberg.org/fiee/context-simpleslides/archive/2023-04-13.zip But the script still only installs the old ZIP. Actually, no, it doesn’t install anything, but doesn’t complain: """ ~/lmtx/tex $ mtxrun --script install-modules --instal

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-08 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/8/2023 11:27 AM, Floris van Manen via ntg-context wrote: On 08/05/2023 09:50, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: On 5/8/2023 9:00 AM, Günter Kolousek via ntg-context wrote: Same here but invoking the command from the the directory    context/tex works well! indeed, we don't want

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-08 Thread Floris van Manen via ntg-context
On 08/05/2023 09:50, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: On 5/8/2023 9:00 AM, Günter Kolousek via ntg-context wrote: Same here but invoking the command from the the directory    context/tex works well! indeed, we don't want these modules to end up outside the tree so it's on purpose would

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 08.05.23 um 09:50 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: On 5/8/2023 9:00 AM, Günter Kolousek via ntg-context wrote: Same here but invoking the command from the the directory    context/tex works well! indeed, we don't want these modules to end up outside the tree so it's on purpose Still

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-08 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/8/2023 9:00 AM, Günter Kolousek via ntg-context wrote: Same here but invoking the command from the the directory   context/tex works well! indeed, we don't want these modules to end up outside the tree so it's on purpose Hans

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-08 Thread Günter Kolousek via ntg-context
Same here but invoking the command from the the directory context/tex works well! Günter Floris van Manen via ntg-context @ 2023-05-07 21:20 +02: On 07/05/2023 19:47, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: I updated https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules (also deleted a lot

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-07 Thread Otared Kavian via ntg-context
Hi Alex, You are right ! I have an alias for the mtxrun in the /context-osx-arm64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/ folder, but the alias is in an old bashrc file, while I was issuing the command in zsh… Thanks for the help ! Best regards: Otared > On 7 May 2023, at 17:11, Alexandre Chri

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/7/2023 5:05 PM, Otared Kavian via ntg-context wrote: Hi Hans, Updating to current version: 2023.05.07 16:33 and issuing mtxrun --script install-modules I just ran the install script (that then updates) on a linux box and get: hagen@laptop-8:/data/context> export PATH=/data/context/

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-07 Thread Alexandre Christe via ntg-context
Hi Otared, I encountered the same issue the other day. Could it be that you run mtxrun from the /bin folder instead of /tex/texmf-YOUR_ARCH/bin/ ? Somehow they seem to be different. Best regards, Alex Le 7 mai 2023 à 17:07 +0200, Otared Kavian via ntg-context , a écrit : > Hi H

Re: [NTG-context] [ update message ]

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
> message: > > /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex: unrecognized option > '--socket' > > there is probably a reason for it, context seems to compile just fine. ah, ok, so that luatex update even broke the context updater (i didn't rea

Re: [NTG-context] [ update message ]

2023-05-07 Thread luigi scarso via ntg-context
On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 16:05, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > On 5/7/2023 3:18 PM, vm via ntg-context wrote: > > running the sh install.sh script to update to the latest version i get a > > message: > > > > /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex: unreco

Re: [NTG-context] [ update message ]

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/7/2023 3:18 PM, vm via ntg-context wrote: running the sh install.sh script to update to the latest version i get a message: /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex: unrecognized option '--socket' there is probably a reason for it, context seems to compile just fine. ah, ok, so

[NTG-context] [ update message ]

2023-05-07 Thread vm via ntg-context
running the sh install.sh script to update to the latest version i get a message: /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex: unrecognized option '--socket' there is probably a reason for it, context seems to compile just fine. mtx-context | current version: 2023.05.05 18:39

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/7/2023 2:00 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote: On 7 May 2023, at 10:45, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: ps. For those unfamiliar with the tex community, when we talk 'research' and such, keep in mind that most tex related research is kind of bogus, wishful thinking, sounding serious, etc

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
> On 7 May 2023, at 10:45, Hans Hagen via ntg-context > wrote: > > ps. For those unfamiliar with the tex community, when we talk 'research' and > such, keep in mind that most tex related research is kind of bogus, wishful > thinking, sounding serious, etc. and that most '

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
no real unit (just like feet is no unit in tex but used in the message) of course concerning precission, indeed there was a real beautiful handcrafted measuring device but as with much research one could sort of predict the median outcome esp after the main sample was made beforehand

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
r, as the theodore eventually will come close to a foot we might have a \thfactor then that starts out at 5. We can decide at the ctx meeting. (In case one wonders: because internally tex works with fractions mm/cm and ts/es (/tr) make sense.) (As explained during the presentation, adding unit

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
in reporting an overflow so no real unit (just like feet is no unit in tex but used in the message) an article is chicken-egg ... it goes into the tugboat (already checked and prepared, read peer reviewed) but it is no big deal if the ctx journal takes it afterwards (plenty of time

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
. It is used by, at least, several hundred million people. It can be said that the ability to grok and manipulate fractions has many benefits, which the metric system sorely lacks. Sure, but it's not a unit in tex like 10ft so reporting 19 feet looks a bit odd for the (majority) texusers who

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
, equal to 2.2633484517438173216473 mm. See the Wikipedia entry for 'potrzebie' for more information, or search for suitable images. Honestly, I don't know how Knuth resisted putting this in plain TeX. Plain TeX is a format so ther it would be easy, just define \newdimen\potrzebie \potrzebie

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
tem is based on the thickness of Mad > Magazine #26, equal to 2.2633484517438173216473 mm. > See the Wikipedia entry for 'potrzebie' for more information, or search for > suitable images. > > Honestly, I don't know how Knuth resisted putting this in plain TeX. It is already there f

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Michael Urban via ntg-context
for 'potrzebie' for more information, or search for suitable images. Honestly, I don't know how Knuth resisted putting this in plain TeX. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/6/2023 11:53 PM, Arthur Rosendahl via ntg-context wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 10:01:25AM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: These units can be used in the current upload. In a next upload the "19 feet max" message that tex issues when reaching a maximum will be adapted

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Arthur Rosendahl via ntg-context
On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 10:01:25AM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > These units can be used in the current upload. In a next upload the "19 feet > max" message that tex issues when reaching a maximum will be adapted to a > more realistic variant. (Actually, because t

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
articipate in the discussions of the committee of four) Well, the Polish oversight seemed to a agree and the team was awarded by arthur who donated cute "Let's make TeX little again" hats, but more about that later. The unit was applied by the main presenter when the big cake got cut into pieces mea

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
define layouts that easilly scale to different output > media (important for the mobile phone / table generation). > > This means that MWE that use inches will likely no longer be > considered valid and probably will be dealt with slower (or just > ignored). > > These units can b

Re: [NTG-context] upload

2023-05-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
On Fri, 5 May 2023, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > Hi, > > I uploaded a version that provides > > mtxrun --script install-tikz > > that when run in the tex root (.../tex) will fetch some tikz stuff from ctan > and puts is in texmf-modules. After installing it w

[NTG-context] upload

2023-05-05 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
Hi, I uploaded a version that provides mtxrun --script install-tikz that when run in the tex root (.../tex) will fetch some tikz stuff from ctan and puts is in texmf-modules. After installing it wipes the files that make no sense (or can interfere or might be harmful) but I didn't check

Re: [NTG-context] OBSD 7.3 binary locally compiled… what next?

2023-05-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
-tmf.zip -d /usr/local/context/) - cd /usr/local/context/source/luametatex - ./build.sh --native Compilation succeeded, looks like the binary lies in /usr/local/context/source/luametatex/build/native/luametatex What's the next step? you should make tex/texmf-openbsd7.3-amd64 and put 5 files

[NTG-context] OBSD 7.3 binary locally compiled… what next?

2023-05-04 Thread damien thiriet via ntg-context
/luametatex - ./build.sh --native Compilation succeeded, looks like the binary lies in /usr/local/context/source/luametatex/build/native/luametatex What's the next step? There was this message: == tex trees resources like public fonts : tex/texmf/ the context macro package

[NTG-context] new units

2023-05-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
(or just ignored). These units can be used in the current upload. In a next upload the "19 feet max" message that tex issues when reaching a maximum will be adapted to a more realistic variant. (Actually, because tex has no foot unit, we could as well replace that with a more impress

Re: [NTG-context] Linebreaking in Japanese in ConTeXt

2023-04-30 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Gerben Wierda via ntg-context schrieb am 30.04.2023 um 09:12: I am currently testing with a Japanese translation of something I originally created in English using the ConTeXt engine (LMTX). I run into the fact that Japanese has no use for whitespace, so most of the time TeX has no idea where

Re: [NTG-context] Linebreaking in Japanese in ConTeXt

2023-04-30 Thread Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
o most of the > time TeX has no idea where to break. Is there something I can tell ConTeXt to > solve this for me or do I have to alk with the translator to put whitespace > in the correct places (kind of breaks the automatic linebreaking of TeX, > though)? I forgot to add. I use:

[NTG-context] Linebreaking in Japanese in ConTeXt

2023-04-30 Thread Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
I am currently testing with a Japanese translation of something I originally created in English using the ConTeXt engine (LMTX). I run into the fact that Japanese has no use for whitespace, so most of the time TeX has no idea where to break. Is there something I can tell ConTeXt to solve

Re: [NTG-context] how access to \namedstructurevariable [next / previous]

2023-04-29 Thread Garulfo via ntg-context
tion twice : - first with a specific layout (with makeup) - second, as usual, as part of the page flow. like in : http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf#page=23 looking at the source code (http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/context/layo-00.tex), I understood that it was achieved

[NTG-context] how access to \namedstructurevariable [next / previous]

2023-04-29 Thread Garulfo via ntg-context
/svn/manuals/context/layo-00.tex), I understood that it was achieved with : \setuphead [\v!chapter] [\c!command=\PlaatsHoofdstuk, \c!page=\v!yes, \c!before=, \c!inbetween=\PlaatsHoofdstukIndex, %\c!incrementnumber=cont-\currentlanguage, \c!header=\v!nomarking, \c!textstyle=\bfd

Re: [NTG-context] tikz + lmtx

2023-04-28 Thread Floris van Manen via ntg-context
| formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format': /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luametatex --jobname="./context 24.tex" --socket --shell-escape --fmt=/home/vm/luametatex-cache/context/formats/luametatex/cont-en.fmt --lua=/home/vm/luametatex-cache/context/formats/luame

Re: [NTG-context] tikz + lmtx

2023-04-28 Thread Gavin via ntg-context
nd > m-tikz-pgfplotstable.tex) in the right spot > (tex/texmf-context/tex/context/modules/mkxl) and run "mtxrun --generate”. I’m > not sure if I was also supposed to put the third file from the earlier email > in this spot also, but I didn’t, and it works. > > I am still gettin

Re: [NTG-context] LuaMetaTeX doesn't find files when symlinked

2023-04-28 Thread lynx--- via ntg-context
rg[-1] or arg[0] or "luatex"):match("[^" .. io.fileseparator .. "]*$") > end > > to mtxrun.lua, right below the line > > package.loaded["data-ini"] = package.loaded["data-ini"] or true > > but this is obviously not a very good

Re: [NTG-context] tikz + lmtx

2023-04-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
module fails. Not sure why this is happening: \usemodule[circuitikz] gives: tex error > tex error on line 77 in file /opt/luametatex/texmf-context/tex/context/modules/mkxl/m-circuitikz.mkxl: Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/resistor', to which you passed 'ame

[NTG-context] LuaMetaTeX doesn't find files when symlinked

2023-04-27 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
uot;]*$") end to mtxrun.lua, right below the line package.loaded["data-ini"] = package.loaded["data-ini"] or true but this is obviously not a very good fix. There are some threads with more details at: https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-March/049028.html https

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-27 Thread lynx--- via ntg-context
ted shortly for "reasons" (details to > be made public later). > > - The luametatex binary is allowed to be updated whenever. > > https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-March/049058.html > > - I have no idea how ConTeXt is added to TL, but it doesn't appear to > be through the u

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-27 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
pecial cases: - The luatex binary will be updated shortly for "reasons" (details to  be made public later). - The luametatex binary is allowed to be updated whenever. https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-March/049058.html - I have no idea how ConTeXt is added to TL, but i

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
team also has some tests to perform (apart from getting all platforms updated which for some is more work, like apple signing). The issue (disabling socket by default) is not that pressing as socket has been with us for right fromn the start) and security wise there are plenty ways tex can

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 4/27/2023 2:50 AM, lynx--- via ntg-context wrote: Re: performing update(s) New to conTeXt, have not performed a specific update prior to this. My conTeXt installation is part of TeXlive-2023 (under Linux OS). Will the updates to ConTeXt be handled by tlmgr ? Basically tex live

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-26 Thread lynx--- via ntg-context
bit posits are not more accurate than 64 bit doubles. It anyhow > exposed some potential issues that we'll look into. > > - There's also a (again currently 32 bit) posit library at the Lua end as > playground. > > - However, 32 bit posits come in handy at the tex end because t

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-26 Thread Jairo A. del Rio via ntg-context
l use > (currently 32 bit but at some point 64 bit) posit unums. It's also bit > of a playground because 32 bit posits are not more accurate than 64 bit > doubles. It anyhow exposed some potential issues that we'll look into. > > - There's also a (again currently 32 bit) posit library at the Lua end

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