Re: [NTG-context] Most portable font name

2012-05-17 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2012-05-18 00:00, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 17-5-2012 16:11, Philipp Gesang wrote: > > >So I judged that my preferred choice might not be as good as I > >think. I got cold feet and am about to remove the slide where I > >recommend the PS name (I can do that later anyways). Is there -- > >apart fro

Re: [NTG-context] Luatex crash on \endinput \end

2012-05-17 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hello, ** Aditya Mahajan [2012-05-17 10:30:53 -0400]: > On Thu, 17 May 2012, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >>On 05/17/2012 02:24 PM, luigi scarso wrote: >>># echo '\\endinput \\end' | context --pipe >>>mtx-context | entering scrollmode, end job with \endThis is >>>LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-201105

Re: [NTG-context] Most portable font name

2012-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 18-5-2012 00:16, Bill Meahan wrote: It *appears* things like hyphens and underscores are also ignored in addition to ignoring spaces. Is that correct? indeed typescript is something like: file:myfontname whereas the system filename is /path/to/font/My_Font-Name.otf indeed Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Most portable font name

2012-05-17 Thread Bill Meahan
It *appears* things like hyphens and underscores are also ignored in addition to ignoring spaces. Is that correct? When I do : [wwm@Linden]$ mtxrun --script fonts --list --info --all pattern=MyFont* and compare against some existing typescripts I see the filename in the typescript is somet

Re: [NTG-context] Most portable font name

2012-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-5-2012 16:11, Philipp Gesang wrote: So I judged that my preferred choice might not be as good as I think. I got cold feet and am about to remove the slide where I recommend the PS name (I can do that later anyways). Is there -- apart from personal opinions -- some valid reason to prefer on

Re: [NTG-context] Lists and alternative=command

2012-05-17 Thread Rogers, Michael K
On May 17, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 17.05.2012 um 20:29 schrieb Rogers, Michael K: > >> I'd love help with this: I have list that uses alternative=command, and it >> stopped working when I switched from last year's TeXLive context to a recent >> beta. I've minimized t

Re: [NTG-context] Lists and alternative=command

2012-05-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.05.2012 um 20:29 schrieb Rogers, Michael K: > I'd love help with this: I have list that uses alternative=command, and it > stopped working when I switched from last year's TeXLive context to a recent > beta. I've minimized the problem to this example: > > \definelist [MyList] > \d

[NTG-context] Lists and alternative=command

2012-05-17 Thread Rogers, Michael K
I'd love help with this: I have list that uses alternative=command, and it stopped working when I switched from last year's TeXLive context to a recent beta. I've minimized the problem to this example: \definelist [MyList] \define[3]\MyListEntry{:#1:#2:#3:} \setuplist [MyList] [

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:01 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Mojca Miklavec writes: >> >>> (But that luatex is probably stripped.) >> >> So the next question is: how can I build luatex from those sources with >> the debug symbols? > Try > build

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article >> that has been posted to gmane.comp.tex.context as well. Gmane today hates me... >> Mojca Miklavec writes: >> >>> (But that luatex is probably stripped.

Re: [NTG-context] thinrules

2012-05-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.05.2012 um 18:09 schrieb Meer, H. van der: > Thanks, > > From your answer I understand that collapsing the preceding vertical space is > impossible with \thinrules. \thinrule adds \strut at the begin of the rule which results in vertical space above and below. Wolfgang ___

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: > Mojca Miklavec writes: > >> (But that luatex is probably stripped.) > > So the next question is: how can I build luatex from those sources with > the debug symbols? Try build.sh --nostrip BTW last revision is ok # context test.tex mtx-

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > (But that luatex is probably stripped.) So the next question is: how can I build luatex from those sources with the debug symbols? -- Marco ___ If your question is of interest to others a

Re: [NTG-context] Local modules not found

2012-05-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Rogers, Michael K wrote: > > First I got TeXLive 2012 pre-release, but TeXShop still used last year's >ConTeXt. If you update TeX Live pre-release now, you'll get the latest ConTeXt. (If you installed MacTeX, you might need to edit /usr/local/texlive/2012/release-

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread luigi scarso
same problem here with latest tl2012-pretest # context test mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/media/LaCie/opt/luatex/texlive/2012/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en" --lua="/media/LaCie/opt/luatex/texlive/2012/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/24482

Re: [NTG-context] thinrules

2012-05-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.05.2012 um 17:46 schrieb Meer, H. van der: > Macro \thinrules places vertical whitespace before the first of its lines. I > would like to get rid of that one, but have no success in doint that. > Usage is: \par\thinrules[..]\par > > Howto? \starttext a \hrule b \strut a \hrule \strut b

[NTG-context] thinrules

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
Macro \thinrules places vertical whitespace before the first of its lines. I would like to get rid of that one, but have no success in doint that. Usage is: \par\thinrules[..]\par Howto? H van der Meer ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Hans Hagen writes: >> >>> On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: >>> mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted[21:00] >>> >>> looks like a crashing luatex >> >>

Re: [NTG-context] Luatex crash on \endinput \end

2012-05-17 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 17 May 2012, Taco Hoekwater wrote: On 05/17/2012 02:24 PM, luigi scarso wrote: # echo '\\endinput \\end' | context --pipe mtx-context | entering scrollmode, end job with \endThis is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. I get the same results as l

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: > Hans Hagen writes: > >> On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> >>> mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution >>> interrupted[21:00] >> >> looks like a crashing luatex > > I forgot to report the architecture

Re: [NTG-context] Local modules not found

2012-05-17 Thread Rogers, Michael K
On May 17, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Marco Pessotto wrote: > "Rogers, Michael K" writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I upgraded to the latest beta from the 2011 stable version for the >> first time. Now my local modules are not found. Having searched the >> wiki and the mailing list, I can find no help. Any ideas?

[NTG-context] Most portable font name

2012-05-17 Thread Philipp Gesang
Hi all, tl;dr: by which name to refer to a font. I was about to recommend (tomorrow; context: an introductory LaTeX course) *the* way of referring to a font by its name. As we all know, the same font (as in file) usually comes with a variety of possible denominations. “otfinfo -i” on a *file name

Re: [NTG-context] Luatex crash on \endinput \end

2012-05-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 05/17/2012 02:24 PM, luigi scarso wrote: # echo '\\endinput \\end' | context --pipe mtx-context | entering scrollmode, end job with \endThis is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. I get the same results as luigi, except: This is LuaTeX, Version beta

Re: [NTG-context] Local modules not found

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
"Rogers, Michael K" writes: > Hi, > > I upgraded to the latest beta from the 2011 stable version for the > first time. Now my local modules are not found. Having searched the > wiki and the mailing list, I can find no help. Any ideas? Try to put the modules in /path/where/the/new/context/live

[NTG-context] Local modules not found

2012-05-17 Thread Rogers, Michael K
Hi, I upgraded to the latest beta from the 2011 stable version for the first time. Now my local modules are not found. Having searched the wiki and the mailing list, I can find no help. Any ideas? Error messages: \usemodule[homework-fmt] --> resolvers > modules > not found: 'h

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: > >> mtx-context     | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution >> interrupted[21:00] > > > looks like a crashing luatex The weird part is that it works the first time and only the second

Re: [NTG-context] Luatex crash on \endinput \end

2012-05-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > Hmm... I am using (I also tested on  2012.04.26 22:27 MKIV) > > > mtx-context     | entering scrollmode, end job with \endThis is LuaTeX, > Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) >  \write18 enabled. > > ConTeXt  ver: 2012.05.14 16:00 M

Re: [NTG-context] Adjust the tracking

2012-05-17 Thread Marco
On 2012-05-17 Hans Hagen wrote: > > how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command > > \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks > > the ligatures. > > sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between > characters ligatures make no sense any long

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: > >> mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution >> interrupted[21:00] > > looks like a crashing luatex I forgot to report the architecture and the platform, which is Gnu/Linux i386, Debian stable. If you s

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted[21:00] looks like a crashing luatex - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA

Re: [NTG-context] \setupbodyfont restricted to pt as unit

2012-05-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.05.2012 um 21:24 schrieb Marco: > Hi! > > Is it by design, that \setupbodyfont only accepts “pt” as unit? > > %\setupbodyfont [18pt] % pt works > \setupbodyfont [18bp]% bp fails > \definefont [testbp] [Serif at 18bp] % bp works > \setupinterlinespace [line=24

Re: [NTG-context] Adjust the tracking

2012-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-5-2012 20:52, Marco wrote: Hi everybody, how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks the ligatures. sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between characters ligatures make no sense any longe

Re: [NTG-context] full page images on fixed pages

2012-05-17 Thread Philipp Gesang
Hi Henning, On 2012-05-16 22:30, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > In my current book project, I need to set images on fixed pages > (because only a few pages get printed in color), I assume with “fixed pages” you mean “always on the page with a certain number”. This, at least, might be solved with th

[NTG-context] itemze: alignment breaks spacing

2012-05-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi ho, as soon as I use the "align" key on an itemization, the effect of "packed, joinedup" is void. \starttext \input tufte \startitemize[packed,joinedup] %,align=right] \item bla \item fasel \item foo \item bar \stopitemize \input tufte \stoptext Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fi

Re: [NTG-context] Luatex crash on \endinput \end

2012-05-17 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 May 2012, luigi scarso wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, The following causes luatex to crash (it is harmless, but still...) echo '\\endinput \\end' | context --pipe gives: *** glibc detected *** luatex: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0aef

[NTG-context] setup table of contents

2012-05-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi again, seems like it’s impossible to setup the level for combined lists anymore. (MkIV, latest beta). While \placelist[part,chapter] works, I didn’t find a way to \setupcombinedlist[content] just down to chapter level, not deeper. The "level" key is gone in MkIV, and "part,chapter" in th

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-04-23 um 20:10 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: Am 2012-04-20 um 17:58 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: Hi there, like in January (see mail by Mari), the latest beta produces only empty pages with 2UP imposition schema; others work (tested 2SIDE and 2DOWN). e.g. \setuppapersize [A5][A4

[NTG-context] \setupbodyfont restricted to pt as unit

2012-05-17 Thread Marco
Hi! Is it by design, that \setupbodyfont only accepts “pt” as unit? %\setupbodyfont [18pt] % pt works \setupbodyfont [18bp]% bp fails \definefont [testbp] [Serif at 18bp] % bp works \setupinterlinespace [line=24bp] % bp works \starttext Foo\testbp Bar \s

[NTG-context] [OT] An idea to promote context

2012-05-17 Thread luigi scarso
http://video.repubblica.it/divertimento/un-pulsante-rosso-in-mezzo-alla-citta-scatenate-il-dramma/92479/90873 Warning: keep the volume low. -- luigi ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] Problem calling system

2012-05-17 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing . - Pontex s . r . o .
... Finally, I use the following to avoid ' in arguments and to keep " to os.execute(): \bgroup \catcode`\%=11 \ctxlua{os.execute(([[echo lua -e "print 'EXECUTE'"]]):gsub("'(.-)'", "[[%1]]"))} \egroup % Or: \startluacode os.execute(([[echo lua -e "print 'EXECUTE'"]]):gsub("'(.-)'",

[NTG-context] tables

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
I started using starttable..\stoptable. Question: How can I force the table cells to fixed dimensions, for example squares of 1cmx1cm? I can see \setuptables[height= width= depth=] but that does not take dimensions (error Illegal unit). What it does with the numbers given is not clear to me, b

[NTG-context] xtable cellcentering?

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
Why does this one centers the contents in the cells? \startxtable[offset=1cm]% By the way: coloring does nothing here. why? \startxrow \startxcell one \stopxcell \startxcell two \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[foregroundcolor="blue"] alpha \stopxcell \star

[NTG-context] Adjust the tracking

2012-05-17 Thread Marco
Hi everybody, how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks the ligatures. \definecharacterkerning [track] [factor=.01] \starttext \showboxes \switchtobodyfont [72pt] final suffocating flange % all ligatures lost \setc

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > Dear ConTeXt users, > > TeX Live 2012 is going to be released soon. After the first successful > year of ConTeXt in TeX Live, it would be great to get enough testers > before the release (to make sure that it works flawlessly) and to get > rid of as many bugs as possible.

Re: [NTG-context] setup table of contents

2012-05-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-05-16 um 22:41 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: Hi again, seems like it’s impossible to setup the level for combined lists anymore. (MkIV, latest beta). While \placelist[part,chapter] works, I didn’t find a way to \setupcombinedlist[content] just down to chapter level, not deeper. Th

[NTG-context] full page images on fixed pages

2012-05-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
In my current book project, I need to set images on fixed pages (because only a few pages get printed in color), and full-page, i.e. bleeding 3mm. What’s the best way to achieve each? The only way for full-page images that I know of, is via layer/ background, but I find it difficult to acti

[NTG-context] xtable spaceinbetweent?

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
\startxtable[spaceinbetween=0cm] \startxrow \startxcell one \stopxcell \startxcell two \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell alpha \stopxcell \startxcell beta \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable I cannot follow the behaviour of spaceinbetween. When absent the rows are p

[NTG-context] xtable question

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
I have the following xmlsetup for a tablecell in xtable (plus other appropiate definitions): \startxmlsetups xmlcommon:td \startxcell[\doifnot{\xmlatt{#1}{width}}{\empty}{width={\xmlatt{#1}{width}}},] \xmlflush{#1} \stopxcell \stopxmlsetups and the following table:

[NTG-context] xtable question backgroundcolor

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
I have the following xmlsetup for a table and tablecell in xtable (plus other appropiate definitions): \startxmlsetups xmlcommon:table \startembeddedxtable[background=color,backgroundcolor=\xmlatt{#1}{bgcolor}] .. \startxmlsetups xmlcommon:td \startxcell[backgroundcolor=\xmlatt{#1}{bgcolor},] .. \

[NTG-context] xtable cell centering?

2012-05-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
Sorry for the previous post, but accidentely the mail flew away far too soon! Hans van der Meer ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl