Re: Bugs in current beta

[Andreas Harder <andreas.harder@rz-online.de>]

Am 11.08.2010 um 11:22 schrieb Hans Hagen:

> On 10-8-2010 5:36, Andreas Harder wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> for me (OS X 10.6.4)
>> mtxrun –script server –auto
>> do not work. If I click on a font name I get:
>> MTXrun | request from: 127.0.0.1
>> MTXrun | requested action: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua?selection=hoeflertextregular
>> MTXrun | performing action: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua?selection=hoeflertextregular
>> MTXrun | requested file '/mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua?selection=hoeflertextregular'
>> MTXrun | handling error 404: Not Found
>> 
>> Another thing is the streams-module. Here is an example:
>> 
>> \usemodule[streams]
>> \definestreamlayer[test][method=overlay]
>> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=test]
>> 
>> \starttext  \showframe
>> \startstreamlayer[test]
>>   \startcolumns
>>     \input knuth
>>   \stopcolumns
>> \stopstreamlayer
>> 
>> \setlayer[test][x=5cm,y=10cm]{\placestreamlayer[test]}
>> \stoptext
>> 
>> And here the error:
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> l.19 \defineoutputstream[\v!left]
> 
> This is not really a bug. Streams in mkii are an experiment and will not be developed further (is a module after all). In mkiv there will be a different mechanism. There is some experimental code ... copied from the source:
> 
> \enabletrackers[streams.flushing]
> 
> \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \input tufte
> 
> \startoutputstream[nl]
> 
> Wat doen we hier?
> 
> \enableoutputstream[en]
> 
> Are you sleeping, brother John?\footnote{xxx}
> 
> \dorecurse{4}{x \footnote{note \recurselevel}\input tufte \par \pushoutputstream}
> 
> \enableoutputstream[de]
> 
> Bruder Jakob, schläfst du noch?\footnote{yyy}
> 
> \dorecurse{4}{x \footnote{note \recurselevel}\input ward \par \pushoutputstream}
> 
> \disableoutputstream
> 
> \stopoutputstream
> 
> Vader Jacob, slaap je nog?\footnote{zzz}
> 
> \input tufte
> 
> \synchronizestreams[en,de,nl]
> 
> \page \flushoutputstream[en] \input knuth
> \page \flushoutputstream[de] \input knuth
> \page \flushoutputstream[nl] \input knuth
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> Hans

Hello Hans,

big thanks for the explanation.

Andreas
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