Re: [NTG-context] \plusseven

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi Hans, from syst-ini.tex: \chardef\plusseven = 6 \chardef\pluseight = 6 \chardef\plusnine = 6 yeah, we introduce a new numbering system -) -

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-20 Thread Jesse Alama
Taco Hoekwater writes: > Corin Royal Drummond wrote: >> Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every >> one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation >> is not their highest priority. There's the wiki, the wonderfully active >> mailing list, a

[NTG-context] \twodigitrounding

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi, can the number rounding commands (interger/onedigit/...rounding) commands be done with Lua in MkIV, the TeX version fails on big numbers. Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] \twodigitrounding

2009-03-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Hi, > > can the number rounding commands (interger/onedigit/...rounding) commands > be done with Lua in MkIV, the TeX version fails on big numbers. a bit off topic,just to store this link What Every Scientist Should Know About Floating

[NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Hans, can you add command which will print the name (e.g. LuaTeX, pdfTeX ...) and version (e.g. 0.36.0) of the current used TeX engine. Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Peter Rolf
Wolfgang Schuster schrieb: Hi Hans, can you add command which will print the name (e.g. LuaTeX, pdfTeX ...) and version (e.g. 0.36.0) of the current used TeX engine. Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. The 'Procucer' key is already set by pdftex/

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Rolf wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. No. All engines have multiple version commands already, I see absolutely no need for yet another version-related primitive. Best wishes, Taco

[NTG-context] LM Cyrillic - reply from Boguslav Yatskovsky

2009-03-20 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
This is the reply to my letter sent to Boguslav Yatskovsky. He allowed me to share it with ConTeXt users and developers. I believe it will be of some interest. I'm your namesake, from Ukraine :) :-)) I

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Peter Rolf wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. No. All engines have multiple version commands already, I see absolutely no need for yet another version-related pr

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-20 Thread Thomas Floeren
Hi, when I use enco-fde or -ffr (others not tried) I get an error with the beta from 19.3.: %coding: utf-8 \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[de] \useencoding[fde] % \useencoding[ffr] \starttext blabla \stoptext ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.19 10:04 MKII fmt: 2009.3.the\normalday int: english/e ngl

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> >> Hi Wolfgang, >> >> I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. > > No. All engines have multiple version commands already, I see > absolutely no need for yet another version-related primitive. I

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > ok, i added > > \def\currenttexenginename >  {\ifcase\texengine\or pdf\or Xe\or Lua\else no\fi\TeX} Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? Wolfgang ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: ok, i added \def\currenttexenginename {\ifcase\texengine\or pdf\or Xe\or Lua\else no\fi\TeX} Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? hm, that would be a pretty inconsistent thing, so it needs some testing Hans

[NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread luigi scarso
Hi today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] instead of \input combine (I have combine.tex in my path of course) After a while I have thought : "Is it possibile to implement this (as a macro) in mkiv ?" I think yes, but I'm not sure

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi scarso wrote: Hi today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] instead of \input combine (I have combine.tex in my path of course) After a while I have thought : "Is it possibile to implement this (as a macro) in mkiv ?" parsing

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 20.03.2009 um 14:11 schrieb luigi scarso: Hi today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] instead of \input combine (I have combine.tex in my path of course) After a while I have thought : "Is it possibile to implement this (as a m

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 20.03.2009 um 14:11 schrieb luigi scarso: > >> Hi >> today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this >> \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] >> instead of >> \input combine >> >> (I have combine.tex in my path of c

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 20.03.2009 um 14:19 schrieb luigi scarso: And what is this supposed to do? save the world ? :-X Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > luigi scarso wrote: >> >> Hi >> today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this >> \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] >> instead of >> \input combine >> >> (I have combine.tex in my path of course) >> >> After a while I have

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi scarso wrote: indeed, or \loadfile[...] depending on your needs there is no \loadfile but there are many other variants -) - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 |

Re: [NTG-context] \input file with parameter ?

2009-03-20 Thread luigi scarso
2009/3/20 Hans Hagen : > luigi scarso wrote: > >>> indeed, or \loadfile[...] depending on your needs > > > there is no \loadfile but there are many other variants -) good , so I wll think to def \def\Loadfile[#1][...]{..} -- luigi __

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas Floeren wrote: Hi, when I use enco-fde or -ffr (others not tried) I get an error with the beta from 19.3.: %coding: utf-8 \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[de] \useencoding[fde] % \useencoding[ffr] \starttext blabla \stoptext ok, fixed (keep in mind that in mkiv we no longer have this

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Yanrui Li wrote: 2009/3/17 Hans Hagen : Hi, In the process of a major cleanup and code split I uploaded a beta. Some important changes are: - initialization code is ready for upcoming luatex - language files have been cleaned up - core- is renamed to tabl- - several changes in file names and s

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? > > hm, that would be a pretty inconsistent thing, so it needs some testing How about: \def\currenttexengineversion {\ifcase\texengine \or\number\numexpr\pdftexversion/100.\modulonumber{100}\pd

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Hans Hagen wrote: Yanrui Li wrote: 2009/3/17 Hans Hagen : Hi, In the process of a major cleanup and code split I uploaded a beta. Some important changes are: - initialization code is ready for upcoming luatex - language files have been cleaned up - core- is renamed to ta

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? hm, that would be a pretty inconsistent thing, so it needs some testing How about: \def\currenttexengineversion {\ifcase\texengine \or\number\numexpr\pdftexversion/10

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Same problem with \hat. Both \hat and \tilde work fine with cambria and asana (asana gives funny wide accents). Non otf math fonts---lm, times, and palatino---give wrong behaviour. Antykwa and iwona do not give an accent at all, but that may be due to missing virual font.

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > did you notice that your pdftex is a future version? Why? terminal: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) document: 1.40.9 Wolfgang ___ If your

[NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, this weeks beta ... -- a couple of bug fixes, some are still pending -- the context script can recognize files for mkii (first line directive) and listens to --pdftex and --xetex; it still calls texexec but this method can replace the texmfstart call (mtxrun is faster); it also permits i

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: did you notice that your pdftex is a future version? Why? terminal: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) document: 1.40.9 well, the version macro reported version 2 (i run version 1.50) because

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-20 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \abortinputifdefined oops, is syst-gen.t

Re: [NTG-context] Strange interaction between textcolor and backgrounds in mkii

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi Hans, Something has changed recently with the mkii color model, due to which page backgrounds do not change. (I am guessing that this is a grouping issue, but then colors are like a black box to me). Consider the following example \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setupcolor

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Peter Rolf wrote: > Hans Hagen schrieb: >> >> Peter Rolf wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file >>> (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one >>> of my graphics directly ends with

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: The interesting thing is, that it works after the third run. After you delete all temporary files (tuo,tui) you need again three runs to get a working pdf. All I can see is, that there are multiple {docushade} (one per page) entries (donno the details). Tested with beta from

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-20 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: The interesting thing is, that it works after the third run. After you delete all temporary files (tuo,tui) you need again three runs to get a working pdf. All I can see is, that there are multiple {docushade} (one per page) entries (donno the details).

Re: [NTG-context] Strange interaction between textcolor and backgrounds in mkii

2009-03-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi Hans, Something has changed recently with the mkii color model, due to which page backgrounds do not change. (I am guessing that this is a grouping issue, but then colors are like a black box to me). Consider the following examp