trouble with typescripts

trouble with typescripts

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Hi all,

I have a specific problem with a typescriptfile that may be of  
general interest (the problem, not the typescript). I have collected  
a number of font definitions into one file and have observed that  
certain fonts cannot coexist. One small example:

\starttypescript[greekcanonica]
% font definitions
\stoptypescript

\starttypescript[GreekCanonica]
\definetypeface[MyGreekCanonica]
\stoptypescript

and
\starttypescript[greekcardo]
% font definitions
\stoptypescript

\starttypescript
\definetypeface[MyGreekCardo]
\stoptypescript

cannot be defined in the same typescriptfile. If I comment A out, B  
will work; it A is uncommented, ConTeXt will complain about missing  
font definitions for B. So I would suspect that in processing  
typescripts, names are somehow truncated to 9 or less characters. So  
these questions arise:

1. Can this be changed? (We had a similar behavior with names of  
modules, which was changed a while ago, I think.)

2. Is there a workaround? Is it possible to add other parameters to  
the \definetypeface[] line?

Best

Thomas

Re: trouble with typescripts

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Replying to my own ooooooold question: this problem has disappeared  
in newer versions of ConTeXt, as I just found out -- thanks for  
taking care of it! Taco, one wish for the bug collector: could we  
have a place for resolved bugs (or is it there and I just didn't find  
it)? I knew there had been a bug report wrt this problem, and it  
would've been reassuring to see a "resolved" tag attached to it.

Thanks, and best

Thomas

On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a specific problem with a typescriptfile that may be of  
> general interest (the problem, not the typescript). I have  
> collected a number of font definitions into one file and have  
> observed that certain fonts cannot coexist. One small example:
>
> \starttypescript[greekcanonica]
> % font definitions
> \stoptypescript
>
> \starttypescript[GreekCanonica]
> \definetypeface[MyGreekCanonica]
> \stoptypescript
>
> and
> \starttypescript[greekcardo]
> % font definitions
> \stoptypescript
>
> \starttypescript
> \definetypeface[MyGreekCardo]
> \stoptypescript
>
> cannot be defined in the same typescriptfile. If I comment A out, B  
> will work; it A is uncommented, ConTeXt will complain about missing  
> font definitions for B. So I would suspect that in processing  
> typescripts, names are somehow truncated to 9 or less characters.  
> So these questions arise:
>
> 1. Can this be changed? (We had a similar behavior with names of  
> modules, which was changed a while ago, I think.)
>
> 2. Is there a workaround? Is it possible to add other parameters to  
> the \definetypeface[] line?
>
> Best
>
> Thomas
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Re: trouble with typescripts

[Taco Hoekwater]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Taco, one wish for the bug collector: could we  have a place 
> for resolved bugs (or is it there and I just didn't find  it)? I knew 
> there had been a bug report wrt this problem, and it  would've been 
> reassuring to see a "resolved" tag attached to it.

The collector has bugs with a status of 'resolved', but at the
moment, not even 25% of the bugs make it to the collector. If a
ug is pronounced fixed before I can free the time to add an item
to the collector, then I generally do not bother adding it at
all (my time is too precious for that). That accounts for about
60% of the missing entries.

The other bugs not in the collector are simply because I missed
the bug report or did not have time yet to add them.

Taco