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From: Henri Menke <henrimenke@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Using ConTeXt with LuaTeX variants
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:01:56 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4748d653-cb18-36db-54fa-4ffb338df8b4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKyqqaYSMfq2GAjhM=fzo+3b-q-tLHNo6=-GujGUqkM6taMJmw@mail.gmail.com>

On 12/5/19 2:10 PM, Jairo A. del Rio wrote:
> I want to know if it's possible use HarfTeX/LuaHBTeX with ConTeXt (MKIV),
> mainly for what can be done with them (the "mode=harf" feature and Lua
> language features).
> Although this is pretty easy with LaTeX:
> 
> \usepackage{harfload}
> \setmainfont{font}[RawFeature={mode=harf}]
> 
> I have no idea of how to make it work with context. I've tried the
> following with a test file (a simple \starttext .. \stoptext document):
> 
> context tests.tex --engine=luahbtex
> 
> And this happens:
> 
> mtx-context     | run 1: luahbtex
> --fmt="/home/coragyps/.texlive2019/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/a86c089b384a3076dc514ba966a1fac9/formats/luatex/cont-en"
> --jobname="tests"
> --lua="/home/coragyps/.texlive2019/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/a86c089b384a3076dc514ba966a1fac9/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui"
> --c:currentrun=1 --c:engine="luahbtex" --c:fulljobname="./tests.tex"
> --c:input="./tests.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=9
> --c:texmfbinpath="/usr/local/texlive/2019/bin/x86_64-linux" "cont-yes.mkiv"
> 
> This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.11.2 (TeX Live 2020/dev)
>   system commands enabled.
> 
> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)mtx-context     | fatal error: return
> code: 256
> 
> What should I do? Thank you in advance

First of all you should rebuild the format with the new engine.

     context --make

Then you will have to write backend code that exposes the mode=harf
to the ConTeXt font loader.

> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-05  2:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-05  1:10 Jairo A. del Rio
2019-12-05  2:01 ` Henri Menke [this message]
2019-12-06 14:26 ` Ulrike Fischer
2019-12-05 12:17 Jairo A. del Rio

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