bug in latest ConTeX

bug in latest ConTeX

[ishamid]

Dear gang,

There is a bug in the latest ConTeXt that affects aleph, particularly 
\pardir TRT. Needless to say this is an absolute showstopper...

Try this:

===========================
\pardir TLT

test

\bye
===========================

$>aleph test

works fine, but

$>texexec --tex=aleph test

gives an error:

===========================
This is Aleph, Version 3.141592-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (Web2c 7.5.3)
 \write18 enabled.
Copyright (c) 2002--2004 the Aleph task force
entering extended mode
(test.tex

ConTeXt  ver: 2005.03.16  fmt: 2005.3.21  int: english  mes: english

systems         : eTeX version 201 -> too old (bugs)

language        : language en is active
<protectionstate 0>
system          : cont-new loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems         : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
color           : palette rollover is available
)
system          : cont-old loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading         : Context Old Macros
)
system          : cont-fil loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading         : Context File Synonyms
)
system          : cont-sys loaded
(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex)
bodyfont        : 12pt rm is loaded
language        : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2 
de->texnansi:tex
nansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 
fr->ec:ec->6->2:2
 es->ec:ec->7->2:2 pt->ec:ec->8->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->9->2:2 
it->ec:ec->1
0->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->11->2:2 nl->ec:ec->12->2:2 cz->il2:il2->13->2:2 
c
z->ec:ec->14->2:2 sk->il2:il2->15->2:2 sk->ec:ec->16->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->17->2:2
pl->ec:ec->18->2:2 loaded
specials        : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
system          : test.top loaded
(./test.top)
! Undefined control sequence.
\pardir #1#2#3->\global \TeXXeTstate
                                     \plusone \if #2L\chardef 
\inlinedirecti...
l.1 \pardir TLT
===========================

Two more notes:

1. There is a complaint that

 : eTeX version 201 -> too old (bugs)

2. There is no aleph.ini file in mswincontext so I had to import it from 
\TeXLive to make the format. Also manfnt is missing in mswincontext; should 
not the minimal context installation also support the plain format?

Thnx as always
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)

[Adam Lindsay]

ishamid said this at Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:30:48 -0700:

>! Undefined control sequence.
>\pardir #1#2#3->\global \TeXXeTstate
>                                     \plusone \if #2L\chardef 
>\inlinedirecti...
>l.1 \pardir TLT

Oops, I think I recognize this.
This came about when Hans and I were trying to introduce some very basic
imitations of Omega's bidi support, prompted by XeTeX's Unicode
capabilities. Unfortunately, it rests on an eTeX check--not a problem
with Omega, but with Aleph, it means we clobber the \pardir primitives!
Oops, indeed.

Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans?

adam
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Re: bug in latest ConTeXt (confirmed)

[Hans Hagen]

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Adam Lindsay wrote:
> ishamid said this at Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:30:48 -0700:
> 
> 
>>! Undefined control sequence.
>>\pardir #1#2#3->\global \TeXXeTstate
>>                                    \plusone \if #2L\chardef 
>>\inlinedirecti...
>>l.1 \pardir TLT
> 
> 
> Oops, I think I recognize this.
> This came about when Hans and I were trying to introduce some very basic
> imitations of Omega's bidi support, prompted by XeTeX's Unicode
> capabilities. Unfortunately, it rests on an eTeX check--not a problem
> with Omega, but with Aleph, it means we clobber the \pardir primitives!
> Oops, indeed.
> 
> Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans?

attached for testing, i dunny what the pardir equivalents are for \beginL and 
\beginR -)

Hans

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