From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25967 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Charles Doherty Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: OpenType and XeConTeXt Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:52:46 +0000 Message-ID: <19895BA7-8C49-4A88-A755-55E8F0005B2B@ntlworld.ie> References: <93E6CE25-2D58-428C-A212-6114A4BEEE51@st.estfiles.de> <43F1D10D.4040600@comp.lancs.ac.uk> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1697604937==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140004391 12988 80.91.229.2 (15 Feb 2006 11:53:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:53:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Feb 15 12:53:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9LDM-0000BK-A6 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:53:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA775127B7; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:52:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20227-03-3; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:52:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B77127B1; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:52:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0353127B1 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:52:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20227-03-2 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:52:49 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.48]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id BE0EB12792 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:52:49 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060215115249.RFYB29066.mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:52:49 +0000 Original-Received: from [10.0.1.2] (really [80.6.229.96]) by aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060215115248.DALO12811.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@[10.0.1.2]> for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:52:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: <43F1D10D.4040600@comp.lancs.ac.uk> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25967 Archived-At: --===============1697604937== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-11-635892535 --Apple-Mail-11-635892535 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On 14 Feb 2006, at 12:46, Adam Lindsay wrote: > [I feel like a lot of the stuff I've done in this space has been > released into a vacuum, and that few people are actually making stuff > with OpenType and/or XeConTeXt.] Dear Adam, You helped me get XeConTeXt up and running and I have been quietly using it and have great pleasure in doing so. Thank you very much again. I suppose it is, as is the case with a lot of areas, that you don't hear from people until they have a problem. Which brings me to this. I have lost my settings for XeConTeXt during upgrades of TeX/ ConTeXt and have recovered by using the information on the ConTeXtwiki but recently this does not seem to work anymore (or perhaps I have done something stupid). I noticed new advice in a recent e-mail: > On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:49 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > >> This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) >> (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) >> ---! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was >> written by pdfetex >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > That's the problem. If you want both xetex and pdftex, you need to > have two different format-files, both called cont-en.fmt. They need > to be in two different subdirectories: > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex [for pdfetex] > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xetex [for xetex] > > Remove the cont-*.fmt files in the .../web2c directory and regenerate > the formats with texexec. > but trying this has not worked for me either. In an e-mail Jonathan Kew suggested he might look into creating an installation script for XeTeX and I encouraged him to do so. In the meantime do you know if the procedure for getting XeConTeX up and running has changed and if so what should I do. I have an iMac G5 10.4.4 and the latest TeX using Gerben's installer. There is at least this voice in the vacuum ready to bother you. Thanks, Charlie --Apple-Mail-11-635892535 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
On 14 Feb 2006, at = 12:46, Adam Lindsay wrote:

[I feel like a lot of the = stuff I've done in this space has been=A0

released into a vacuum, and that few = people are actually making stuff=A0

with OpenType and/or = XeConTeXt.]



Dear Adam,

You helped me get XeConTeXt = up and running and I have been quietly using it and have great pleasure = in doing so. Thank you very much again. I suppose it is, as is the case = with a lot of areas, that=A0 you don't hear from people until they have = a problem. Which brings me to this. I have lost my settings for = XeConTeXt during upgrades of TeX/ConTeXt and have recovered by using the = information on the ConTeXtwiki but recently this does not seem to work = anymore (or perhaps I have done something stupid). I noticed new advice = in a recent e-mail:
On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:49 PM, Steffen Wolfrum = wrote:
This is = XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3)
(WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" = ignored)
---! = /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was
written by pdfetex

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ^^^^^^^^^^^

That's = the problem. If you want both xetex and pdftex, you need to
have two different format-files, both called = cont-en.fmt. They need
to be in two different = subdirectories:

Remove the cont-*.fmt files in the .../web2c = directory and regenerate
the formats = with texexec.


but trying = this has not worked for me either. In an e-mail Jonathan Kew suggested = he might look into creating an installation script for XeTeX and I = encouraged him to do so. In the meantime do you know if the procedure = for getting XeConTeX up and running has changed and if so what should I = do. I have an iMac G5 10.4.4 and the latest TeX using Gerben's = installer.

There is at least this = voice in the vacuum ready to bother you.

Thanks,
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