From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/9935 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Mahoney Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Sanskrit (Devanagari) in ConTeXt Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 05:56:04 +1300 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20021129165604.GA216@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> References: <20021129081834.GA9628@mail.inet.hr> <5.1.0.14.1.20021129141511.03fca770@server-1> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038588926 2995 80.91.224.249 (29 Nov 2002 16:55:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18HoQH-0000m7-00 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:55:25 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE8010AE9; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:57:37 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from ext.canterbury.ac.nz (dynamic-202.remote.comnet.co.nz [131.203.242.202]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C3210AE6 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:56:08 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from rbm49 by ext.canterbury.ac.nz with local (Exim 4.10) id 18HoQu-000NXs-00; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 05:56:04 +1300 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Mail-Followup-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20021129141511.03fca770@server-1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: Richard Mahoney List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:9935 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:9935 On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:15:51PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > At 09:18 AM 11/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi! > > > >I saw a PDF describing Chinese support in ConTeXt. It looks beautiful. > > > >Anyone has attempted to write Sanskrit (both western transliteration as > >well > >as Devanagari script) in ConTeXt? > > > >What is required to provide such support? > > Where can i find some info about sanskrit? (and fonts) > > Hans Thank you for your interest! Support for devanagari and co. would be of great use to a good number of Indologists and Buddhologists. You can find links to most of the CTAN docs on my homepage: http://homepages.comnet.co.nz/~r-mahoney/biblio/biblio.html Output of the Type 1 version Frans Velthuis' Devanagari fonts for TeX is at: http://homepages.comnet.co.nz/~r-mahoney/bca_text/bca_text.html Regards, Richard Mahoney -- Richard Mahoney | E-mail: rbm49@ext.canterbury.ac.nz 78 Jeffreys Road | r.mahoney@comnet.net.nz Fendalton | Telephone: 0064-3-351-5831 CHRISTCHURCH 8005 | Cellular: 0064-25-829-986 NEW ZEALAND | http://homepages.comnet.co.nz/~r-mahoney