From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/3 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: ppchtex english manual and context update Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 18:14:34 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.ruu.nl Message-ID: <3549F4E9.809B6C8F@pi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035390862 20198 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:34:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:34:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: NTG-PPCHTEX , NTG-CONTEXT , Erik Frambach Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:3 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:3 Hi Erik and others, I've just updated some files on Eriks ftp server. (Erik: I removed the files directory; can you download the files to the ntg server; I changed some more, so just delete the old zipped directory first? The documentation/manual directory only has one new file: mp-ch-en.pdf; later this day I'll update the qrc directory). The changes concern: - the english ppchtex manual: both in dvi and pdf format (pman-en.zip) - the context source files: now cont-tex.zip (replaces context.zip) - some context modules (presentation and faq styles): cont-mod.zip - the new texutil.pl program (replaces texutil.exe) Please let me know if there are problems. Currently we're discussing more advanced font support. Apart from discussing alternative and more robust map file syntaxes, I don't want tex users to get frustrated by fonts (the real tex mess). Currently one can say: \setupbodyfont[psfonts] and given that psfonts.map is in the path, the right files get loaded (apart from all kind of advanced slanted alternatives). Take a look at for instance font-ptr to see how things currently are defined. One can also say: \setupbodyfont[kb] see font-kb.tex for the naming. Feel free to discuss these things here! Currently I'm building a publishing on demand document using the pdf field mechanism and javascript. When I'm satisfied with the field and js support (it takes some experimenting to find the right/useful setup commands). The calculator demo (you can download that one) shows the integration of tex/metapost/javascript/fields. Our plans are in the next few years to let context evolve (without of course giving in on quality) in a full featured authoring environment (e.g. suitable for intelligent documents, computer assisted learning etc). In our opinion high quality documents give a nice starting point! Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | mail: pragma@pi.net -----------------------------------------------------------------