From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5426 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: yandytex Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:59:59 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20010827174934.02566ab0@server-1> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20010827095953.02e294a0@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035396021 1583 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:00:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Christof Schardt , Original-To: "George N. White III" In-Reply-To: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5426 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5426 At 12:50 PM 8/27/2001 -0300, George N. White III wrote: >On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > yandytex is just tex, but with dynamic memory allocation; long ago it > > wasthe only big tex along with hugeemtex, but nowadays there is no need for > > bying a tex any more since there is web2c and miktex, which are both big > > and fast. Furthermore, yandytex does not produce pdf output. the dvi to ps > > backend of yandy is one of the best there is and may be worth bying if you > > want to produce ps or go from ps to pdf; but i must admit that i always use > > pdftex today; also dvipsone does only run on windows and does not support > > virtual fonts > >Dvipsone is excellent and works well with Adobe Acrobat. Y&Y's dvi viewer indeed, dvipsone is pretty good, we used to use dviwindo too, as well as dvipsone with acrobat, although previous versions of pdfmarks had limitations; i did quite some development on interactive dcs using dviwindo; interestingly it took a while before dviwindo/acrobat both had page/named dest which is one reason why context supports both. >is also excellent. You can cut and paste from the viewer into other >applications and you get fully scalable WMF using the Type 1 fonts (e.g., >via ATM). The viewer will highlight glyphs from a particular font (chosen >from a pull-down list of fonts used in a document). If you want to use >vf's you can use dvicopy, but Y&Y also has tools to manipulate Type 1 >fonts. These can be used to do some of the things that would otherwise >require vf's, and the resulting fonts work (via ATM) in other Windows >apps. right, but somehow i feel uncomfortable with manipulating the pfb and keeping the name unchanged; this is ok for english, but on systems meant for euopean languages myltiple encidings may be in effect > > [...] > > so, unless you need very special features present in vtex, you can stick to > > pdfetex+context; in any case, it may be worth looking into some of the > > yandy [lucida,mathtimes] and.or vtex [times,helvetica,informal,...] fonts > >AFAIK, margin kerning is only available in pdftex. as well as hz optimization [there are a couple of more, like position tracking but this can be handled in dvi too, but less comfortable] Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------