Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[Mojca Miklavec]

Dear ConTeXt-ers,

I'm trying to remember why we are shipping dvipdfmx in ConTeXt: was it
because of Aleph or because of Eastern scripts? I'm not sure if it is
still used or not. I know that it is pretty important in eastern
scripts and as a basis for xdvipdfmx, but I don't know to what extent
ConTeXt supports it and to what extent ConTeXt users are using it if
at all.

I would only like to know the situation. If people use it, it is no
problem to keep it, but I would at least like to have a rough idea of
its usefulness and usage in ConTeXt. (The dvips program will probably
also be removed; I suspect that it doesn't work at the moment anyway.)

Mojca
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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[luigi scarso]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mojca Miklavec
<mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear ConTeXt-ers,
>
> I'm trying to remember why we are shipping dvipdfmx in ConTeXt: was it
> because of Aleph or because of Eastern scripts? I'm not sure if it is
> still used or not. I know that it is pretty important in eastern
> scripts and as a basis for xdvipdfmx, but I don't know to what extent
> ConTeXt supports it and to what extent ConTeXt users are using it if
> at all.
>
> I would only like to know the situation. If people use it, it is no
> problem to keep it, but I would at least like to have a rough idea of
> its usefulness and usage in ConTeXt. (The dvips program will probably
> also be removed; I suspect that it doesn't work at the moment anyway.)
xetex ?
(I'm not sure , of course)
-- 
luigi
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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:34, luigi scarso wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to remember why we are shipping dvipdfmx in ConTeXt: was it
> xetex ?

No, many confuse those, but XeTeX is using xdvipdfmx which is largely
based on dvipdfmx, but it is not the same binary.

(But since Jonathan is not developing it any more, it would probably
make a lot of sense if the developer of dvipdfmx would take over also
the development of xdvipdfmx ... or even merge the two. dvipdfm has
already been removed from TL and replaced by dvipdfmx.)

Mojca
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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[luigi scarso]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Mojca Miklavec
<mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:34, luigi scarso wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to remember why we are shipping dvipdfmx in ConTeXt: was it
>> xetex ?
>
> No, many confuse those, but XeTeX is using xdvipdfmx which is largely
> based on dvipdfmx, but it is not the same binary.
>
> (But since Jonathan is not developing it any more, it would probably
> make a lot of sense if the developer of dvipdfmx would take over also
> the development of xdvipdfmx ... or even merge the two. dvipdfm has
> already been removed from TL and replaced by dvipdfmx.)
>
> Mojca
ok

-- 
luigi
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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[Mojca Miklavec]

I have found
    http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/#sec-examples

ConTeXt examples of usage of dvipdfmx.

What I'm not sure about is if minimals provide enough files to
properly support dvipdfmx at all.

Mojca
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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[Hans Hagen]

On 14-7-2011 12:43, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> I have found
>      http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/#sec-examples
>
> ConTeXt examples of usage of dvipdfmx.
>
> What I'm not sure about is if minimals provide enough files to
> properly support dvipdfmx at all.

it does, and actually it's support for the older dvipdfm that is 
obsolete; so mkii supports: pdf(tex), acrobat, dvips, dvipdfmx

Hans


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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[Akira Kakuto]

Dear Mojca,

> I'm trying to remember why we are shipping dvipdfmx
> in ConTeXt: was it because of Aleph or because of Eastern scripts? 

Aleph is no more supported as a ConTeXt engine
because it is not etex-2.* compatible.
Therefore you can remove dvipdfmx from the minimals.

Thanks,
Akira

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Re: Anyone using dvipdfmx in minimals?

[Akira Kakuto]

Dear Mojca,

> Therefore you can remove dvipdfmx from the minimals.

I'm personally using dvipdfmx in ConTeXt on an engines
eptex (experimental), and dvi mode of pdftex.
But I believe it is not needed in the 'minimals'.

Thanks,
Akira

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