From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44356 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Schuster Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Context & TeXLive 2008 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:08:32 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20080926173727.17585qfrzn7a3lkw@serenity.landy.cx> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222467287 24570 80.91.229.12 (26 Sep 2008 22:14:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:14:47 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Sep 27 00:15:42 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 1KjLbB-0000KS-Bp for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:15:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574981FDE8; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:14:36 +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 09204-01; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:13:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B52771FE6C; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:09:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B97D1FE6C for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:09:19 +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 05534-01-5 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:08:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5993E1FCF6 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:08:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1409831fgb.8 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:08:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.86.80.5 with SMTP id d5mr1782551fgb.11.1222466915445; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:08:35 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?192.168.2.23? ( [91.41.91.125]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm4336616fge.3.2008.09.26.15.08.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:08:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20080926173727.17585qfrzn7a3lkw@serenity.landy.cx> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) 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:44356 Archived-At: Am 26.09.2008 um 23:37 schrieb Brian R. Landy: > Hi, I wanted to share some observations from enabling the latest > MkIV code (2008.09.24, compiled luatex from svn just now) to run on > a new installation of TeXLive 2008 on 64bit Linux. This is my first > time trying MkIV. > > First -- a comment on installing using TeXLive 2008, which hopefully > is helpful to others. In my installation I noticed that x86-64/bin/ > luatools was symlinked to texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/unix/ > luatools. The rsync update process as outlined on garden does not > update this file; it updates texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/ > luatools.lua. So this needs to be copied (or linked) over to make > the update work. The same issues exists with mtxrun. The symptom > was a broken "context --make". > > Now, on to my issues. I am listing anything that used to work in my > TeXLive 2007 installation of MkII but fails in 2008 (MkII or MkIV). > Items 1-3 were tested on garden as well to ensure it was not an > issue in my setup -- > > 1. \placefloat[here]{none} fails. \placegraphic works instead. > This works on MkII. See test_placefloat.tex. Use \placefigure, \placefigure ... the correct syntax is \placefloat[floattype][here|page|...]{}{} > 2. MkIV fails due to the \startcolor...\stopcolor sequence embedded > in a natural table (see test_color.tex). A working alternative is > commented in that file. \bTD 4 \clear 0/8 \eTD I think Hans is faster to find the bug, here is a shorter example: \starttext \bTABLE[aligncharacter=yes,alignmentcharacter={/}] \bTR \bTD 4 \startcolor[red] 0/8 \stopcolor \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext > 3. MkIV will not typeset the file test.tex. It is due to using > {style=\switchtobodyfont[tt]} in the table setup. Using [modern,tt] > works fine, but this is not necessary with MkII. Use style=mono. > 4. This is a MkII issue (or maybe it is a pdftex problem?) MkII on > 2007, texexec --dvi on 2008, and MkIV all work. The problem is with > pulling in an external figure like this -- > > \externalfigure[/tmp/testfigure] > > The files /tmp/testfigure.eps and /tmp/testfigure.pdf exist. This > should use the full path to find the file, and will pick the eps > when creating dvi and the pdf when creating pdf's. As mentioned, > this works with every combination I tested except 2008 MkII. Some > (not very usable for me) workarounds are -- > > - use the filename without the path and add the path using > \setupexternalfigures[directory=] > - specify the .pdf extension (means I cannot typeset to dvi if I > want to; I find this useful for previewing with xdvi's auto-reload) > - use \setupexternalfigures[directory=/] and use a relative path > > 5. Just a comment on performance -- I noticed that using MkIV on a > complicated document I have took 23 minutes vs. 12 minutes with > MkII. I didn't know if MkIV is expected to be slower/comparable/ > faster at this stage. Depends on your document, a few things are slower like font loading but other things like MetaPost graphics are faster, it is also good to have a machine with 2 GB of memory or more . Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________