Re: [NTG-context] Suggestion

2009-06-18 Thread luigi scarso
> > > Anyway, I highly respect the ConTeXt and LuaTeX's work. > But if Taco and Hans can : > > - use a proper regexp library (like lrexlib?), not the silly lpeg PEG are not silly at all. PEG *include* regex, but not viceversa, and it seems to have the same power of CFG, so you can build a parser

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Basic greek should work in math. I cannot get the latest minimals right now (slow internet connection), but px math and lm math use the same code to generate virtual fonts, so px math should work in the latest minimals. Using the

Re: [NTG-context] Suggestion

2009-06-18 Thread Yue Wang
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Arun Dev wrote: > > Hi, > >     You can increase the popularity of ConTeXt by eliminating the need > to install Perl and Ruby. > MKIV does not dependent on Perl and Ruby. I think Hans has plan to convert the MKII scripts to Lua language. Anyway, I highly resp

[NTG-context] On creating my own fonts

2009-06-18 Thread Maurí­cio
I've been doing some searching on how to create my own fonts. If possible, I would like to be able to write my own program to at least draw glyphs, even if I have to resort to other tools to describe hinting, kerning and ligatures. My current knowledge is this. I read that OpenType fonts are actu

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:06:07 -0600, Aditya Mahajan wrote: LuaTeX warning (file C:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-project/fonts/data/asana/Asana-Math.otf): Type2 Charstring Parser: Unknown charstring operator: 0x00 !LuaTeX error (file C:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-project/fonts/data/asana/Asana-Math.otf): Type2 Ch

Re: [NTG-context] Lots of problems in mkiv

2009-06-18 Thread Thomas Floeren
2009/6/18, richard.steph...@converteam.com : > > I've recently started using mkiv because of the fonts, but I have found > lots of things that don't work. > The trouble is, I don't know if it's just me, or whether I need to go back > to mkii until things settle down. > > Can someone, PLEASE, tell m

Re: [NTG-context] Example of passing unexpanded text between \startfoo ... \stopfoo into Lua?

2009-06-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.06.2009 um 18:21 schrieb Kevin D. Robbins: Hi Hans and others, I've been searching the mailing list and source code for one or more examples of passing unexpanded text appearing between a \startfoo ... \stopfoo block into Lua, but without luck. Is there such an example you could po

[NTG-context] Example of passing unexpanded text between \startfoo ... \stopfoo into Lua?

2009-06-18 Thread Kevin D. Robbins
Hi Hans and others, I've been searching the mailing list and source code for one or more examples of passing unexpanded text appearing between a \startfoo ... \stopfoo block into Lua, but without luck. Is there such an example you could point me to? A colleague and I are experimenting with strate

[NTG-context] Lots of problems in mkiv

2009-06-18 Thread richard . stephens
I've recently started using mkiv because of the fonts, but I have found lots of things that don't work. The trouble is, I don't know if it's just me, or whether I need to go back to mkii until things settle down. Can someone, PLEASE, tell me if they get any of the following problems with mkiv (I'

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: The easiest opiton is to use asana math, which is an otf math font based on px fonts. \starttypescript [math] [asana] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [name:Asana-Math] [features=math\mathsizesuffix] \stoptypescript and

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:44 -0600, Aditya Mahajan wrote: What is the best available math font for use with Pagella/Palatino? The math fonts compatible with Palatino are px math and math paza ConTeXt only has support for px math. Turns out that cambria is preset in mkiv and works, so I'll

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with "fontdata.cache" being set to "no" in font-def.lua

2009-06-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Yanrui Li wrote: 1. insert glue between Chinese glyph nodes for linebreak there is a mechanism for that already 2. reduce the spaces between Chinese punctuations this is on the todlist (once we have fonts and time) 3. process protruding of punctuations which appear in margin. this is a

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Hi Aditya, On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:44 -0600, Aditya Mahajan wrote: The math fonts compatible with Palatino are px math and math paza ConTeXt only has support for px math. ok, good to know... [I rarely use math these past few years] [Hint: it's not LM] I had to roll my own typescript s

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Johan Sandblom wrote: Is there an otf euler option? No. Also keep in mind that euler is no where close to being a complete math font. Mkii used a virtual font that took missing symbols from px math and cm. I have a local half baked support for Euler, which uses missing sy

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \digits

2009-06-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM, wrote: > >> I am using mkiv beta (14-Jun-09) and the \digits command does not like > the > >> decimal point. Any suggestions? > > > a lpeg grammar ? > > > > -- > > luigi > > I'm sorry, I don't understand. > lpeg is parsing expression gramma , a "tool" like regul

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \digits

2009-06-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM, wrote: > >> I am using mkiv beta (14-Jun-09) and the \digits command does not like > the > >> decimal point. Any suggestions? > > > a lpeg grammar ? > > > > -- > > luigi > > I'm sorry, I don't understand. > lpeg is parsing expression gramma , a "tool" like regul

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Johan Sandblom
>> Is there an otf euler option? > > No. Also keep in mind that euler is no where close to being a complete math > font. Mkii used a virtual font that took missing symbols from px math and > cm. > > I have a local half baked support for Euler, which uses missing symbols from > iwona. I can send the

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \digits

2009-06-18 Thread richard . stephens
>> I am using mkiv beta (14-Jun-09) and the \digits command does not like the >> decimal point. Any suggestions? > a lpeg grammar ? > > -- > luigi I'm sorry, I don't understand. Does anybody else have this problem, or is it just me? Richard Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and

Re: [NTG-context] math and palatino

2009-06-18 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Dear gang, [mkiv only] What is the best available math font for use with Pagella/Palatino? The math fonts compatible with Palatino are px math and math paza ConTeXt only has support for px math. [Hint: it's not LM] I had to r