From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41527 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andrea Valle Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: distro info Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:18 +0200 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0738438547==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213108723 12176 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2008 14:38:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:38:43 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jun 10 16:39:24 2008 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 1K64zv-0006cq-1P for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:38:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C901FD38; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:38:05 +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 30571-02-8; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:37:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61651FC98; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:37:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531E01FBCB for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:37:21 +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 30571-02-7 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from pianeta.di.unito.it (pianeta.di.unito.it [130.192.156.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5001FC7A for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [172.16.10.21] (nocat2.net.unito.it [130.192.150.141]) by pianeta.di.unito.it (INFO-DIP) with ESMTP id m5AEaLNa028523 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO userCertificateDN= AuthenticatedUser=valle ) for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:24 +0200 (MEST) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) X-dipinfo-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Department of Computer Science technical staff for more information X-AntiVirus: Scanned for viruses by VirusFinder @2001-tecnici@di.unito.it - Email Clean X-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-102.598, required 3.5, autolearn=not spam, AUTHENTICATEDUSER -100.00, BAYES_00 -2.60, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00) X-MailScanner-From: valle@di.unito.it 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:41527 Archived-At: --===============0738438547== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-18-725661206 --Apple-Mail-18-725661206 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi to all, I've briefly presented ConTeXt to the students of my course in Visual =20= Identities. They were all enthusiastic. So they asked me if I can give an =20 introductory but "real" seminar. At my lab the students are all on macosx 10.4/5. Now the probem: All my students comes from humanities, no computer science background =20= at all. I cannot ask them to be aware of low level installation aspects. My ideal would be something like the standard ConTeXt I was working =20 with an year ago. One installs MacTeX and can start working. Now, we need easy font switching. I'm actually using XeTeX. But it =20 has been complicated to set it up. I don't think I can have my =20 students dig into installations ("patch this" etc). Is there any chance to have luatex into the next MacTeX distro? Any ideas? Many thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Universit=E0 degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle@unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " Think of it as seasoning . noise [salt] is boring . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty " (Ken Perlin on noise) --Apple-Mail-18-725661206 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi to all,

I've briefly presented ConTeXt to the = students of my course in Visual Identities.
They were all = enthusiastic. So they asked me if I can give an introductory but "real" = seminar.
At my lab the students are all on macosx = 10.4/5.
Now the probem:

All my = students comes from humanities, no computer science background at all. I = cannot ask them to be aware of low level installation = aspects.
My ideal would be something like the standard ConTeXt = I was working with an year ago. One installs MacTeX and can start = working.
Now, we need easy font switching. I'm actually using = XeTeX. But it has been complicated to set it up. I don't think I can = have my students dig into installations ("patch this" etc).
Is = there any chance to have luatex into the next MacTeX = distro?
Any ideas?

Many = thanks
Best


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http://www.cirma.unito.it/andre= a/
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"
Think of it as = seasoning
. noise [salt] is boring
. = F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring
. = F(noise, blah) can be really tasty
"
(Ken Perlin on = noise)




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