From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44922 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: What should I learn? Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:11 +0200 Message-ID: <48FDE683.9000205@wxs.nl> References: <955D5B22-DEBB-44DE-B609-E070FF79582C@goddijn.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224601360 16387 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 15:02:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:02:40 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 21 17:03:38 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsIiu-0006K9-UH for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:00:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB82B1FB38; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:59:33 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09146-01-8; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:58:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC5A1FB7F; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:58:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255121FB95 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:58:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08101-09 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:58:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D83A61FB7F for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.238] (unverified [10.100.1.11]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 3213-1840426 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:09 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.11 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:44922 Archived-At: Mauricio wrote: > Original Tex is not an option, since PDF, today's font formats > (and Unicode) and many algorithms didn't exist when Knuth decided > no features would be added anymore. Maybe I should hack the source > code of pdftex or luatex? I can try that, but that's going to be > hard work and I would like to know how far I can get before > starting, or if there are easier options (like libraries to write > PDF and read OpenType and books or example code of typesetting > algorithms). you want to writ ea full blown macro package with advanced font support etc etc? well, it will take you a couple of man-years Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________