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

2008-07-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 3:25 PM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 19 July 2008 06:03:43 am Alan Stone wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Charles P. Schaum >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote: >> > With Ubuntu and fonts there are several things going on. >> >> Which bege

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

2008-07-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> \starttypescript[myFonts] >> \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] >> \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] >> \stoptypescript > > \starttypescript[myFonts] >

Re: [NTG-context] \index versus makeindex.

2008-07-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:38 PM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Usually I use makeindex for indexing but for my current job I thought > the Context \index command would be convenient. However I discovered > that the \index command does not provide for page ranges. If I index > the same

Re: [NTG-context] \startfrontmatter & Co.

2008-07-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> itself (search for bodyfontenvironment in the mail archive). > > The most, though still scarce information is available at > http://texshow.contextgarden.net Sorry, I meat \setupsectionblock and \startsectionblockenvironment

Re: [NTG-context] greek again

2008-07-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am trying to use the greek module. It is installed but all I can get > is greek without diacritics. > Here is the log file: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> more greek_exp.log > system : module ancientgreek not found Where did you unzip the

Re: [NTG-context] Warnock Pro, Chaparral Pro, Jenson Pro and Myriad Pro

2008-07-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:20:24 -0600, Mohamed Bana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد colostate.edu> writes: >> >> Are you using mkii or mkiv? I have Minion Pro and Myriad Pro for mkii... >> > > I'm using the minimals from the site, so I guess I'm using mkiv. not nec

[NTG-context] greek again

2008-07-20 Thread cidadaum
I am trying to use the greek module. It is installed but all I can get is greek without diacritics. Here is the log file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> more greek_exp.log This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2008.7.20 ) 21 JUL 2008 00:04 entering extended mode %&-

Re: [NTG-context] Warnock Pro, Chaparral Pro, Jenson Pro and Myriad Pro

2008-07-20 Thread Mohamed Bana
thanks Idris Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد colostate.edu> writes: > > Are you using mkii or mkiv? I have Minion Pro and Myriad Pro for mkii... > I'm using the minimals from the site, so I guess I'm using mkiv. Typescripts for mkii, mkiv or XeTeX would be great. > > For mkii, see the g

Re: [NTG-context] Problem in arabic script

2008-07-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Dear Mehdi, On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:15:09 -0600, Mehdi Omidali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I use context+luatex to write farsi texts. A problem that I have been >>> faced is that some characters (those that are in farsi and not in >>> arabic like "Gaf", "Kaf", "Ya" and "Che") are shown only i

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

2008-07-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi Ulrich, On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Ulrich Dirr wrote: > Hi, > > I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt: > 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. I > don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics. > > I have some problems

Re: [NTG-context] Problem in arabic script

2008-07-20 Thread Mehdi Omidali
Dear Idris سلام I tested many fonts, like Sil's Scheherezade and Lateef, farsiweb fonts http://www.farsiweb.ir/font/farsifonts-0.4.zip (roya for example), Mac X series which you can find one of them from http://irmug.org/portal/index.php?name=Downloads&req=getit&lid=30 A sample file with the outpu

Re: [NTG-context] Problem in arabic script

2008-07-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Dear Mehdi, سلام On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:13:12 -0600, Mehdi Omidali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use context+luatex to write farsi texts. A problem that I have been > faced is that some characters (those that are in farsi and not in > arabic like "Gaf", "Kaf", "Ya" and "Che") are shown only in

Re: [NTG-context] Problem in arabic script

2008-07-20 Thread Mehdi Omidali
Hi Burak, I almost used any font from ubuntu, Microsoft, and Mac, but the problem is the same for all of them. As an example please see http://www.omidali.com/test.rar in which I have included the source file and the output. I have used 3 different fonts, namely, Arabic Transparent and Time New Rom

Re: [NTG-context] MinionPro Opticals

2008-07-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Hi Ulrich, On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:55:02 -0600, Ulrich Dirr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > does there exist a package (typescript) for Adobe's MinionPro (with > optical)? By now I've used LaTeX for MinionPro because of the MinionPro > package which has a lot of features ... See http://arch

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

2008-07-20 Thread Alan Stone
> \starttypescript[myFonts] > \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] > \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] > \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myFonts] \definetypeface [myFonts] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] \definetypef

Re: [NTG-context] Problem in arabic script

2008-07-20 Thread Burak Emir
Hi Mehdi, what font are you using? Have you tried with a different font? Burak On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 1:13 AM, Mehdi Omidali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use context+luatex to write farsi texts. A problem that I have been > faced is that some characters (those that are in farsi and not in >

Re: [NTG-context] last beta and mkiv

2008-07-20 Thread Oliver Buerschaper
> Now, the problem is that mkiv suppresses all of the mpost logging so > we can only guess at what goes wrong. Next week at TUG we will sit > down > and try to come up with a way to improve the logging. Would it help if I ran mpost separately? Or is this problem related to ConTeXt integration?

Re: [NTG-context] Highlight changes

2008-07-20 Thread John Devereux
Peter Münster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 19 2008, John Devereux wrote: > >> I am still finding errors in the result. Some of these are due to lines >> "commented out" with a leading "%" sign. In others parameter bracket >> nesting seems messed up. > > That's why there are these 2 li

[NTG-context] TUG 2008

2008-07-20 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi all, For those of you have not aware of this yet: in a few hours Hans and me will leave for TUG 2008 in Cork, Ireland. Partly because of a busy programme but mostly because the internet connectivity at Cork appears to be less than perfect, we probably won't be able to answer any questions (or

Re: [NTG-context] last beta and mkiv

2008-07-20 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Oliver, Your attachments were too big for the mailing list, but I read them myself. Here is some answers. Oliver Buerschaper wrote: >> are you referring to this one? >> >> context version: 2008.07.10 09:58 >> >> It works without problems on my Mac. > > This version also works on my Mac to th

[NTG-context] Fontsize

2008-07-20 Thread Ulrich Dirr
Hi, is it possible now (with luatex or mkiv) to typeset a document in bp? I've tried \setupbodyfont[9bp] but the resulting pdf uses 8,97bp which means 9pt (TeX points)? Ulrich ___ If your question is of interest to

[NTG-context] MinionPro Opticals

2008-07-20 Thread Ulrich Dirr
Hi, does there exist a package (typescript) for Adobe's MinionPro (with optical)? By now I've used LaTeX for MinionPro because of the MinionPro package which has a lot of features ... How can I define a command for setting text in small caps with some user defined tracking value? Best regards, U

[NTG-context] Footnotes

2008-07-20 Thread Ulrich Dirr
Hi, I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. I don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics. I have some problems figuring out what kind of parameters I can use to setup footnote

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography Module -- Footnote/Endnote citation possible?

2008-07-20 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Jul 20, 2008, at 2:43 AM, Michael Hofer wrote: > Hi! > > Is there a possibility to use footnotes or endnotes with the citation > system of the bib module? I didn't found anything about that topic in > the mailing list archive, Context wiki or module documentation. > > Thanks. > > Best regards,

[NTG-context] Bibliography Module -- Footnote/Endnote citation possible?

2008-07-20 Thread Michael Hofer
Hi! Is there a possibility to use footnotes or endnotes with the citation system of the bib module? I didn't found anything about that topic in the mailing list archive, Context wiki or module documentation. Thanks. Best regards, michael. _

[NTG-context] Problem in arabic script

2008-07-20 Thread Mehdi Omidali
I use context+luatex to write farsi texts. A problem that I have been faced is that some characters (those that are in farsi and not in arabic like "Gaf", "Kaf", "Ya" and "Che") are shown only in isolated form. How can I solve this problem. I use ubuntu and latest context and luatex. Thanks ___