From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/64556 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: TEI - conTeXt Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:44 +0100 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292484913 1992 80.91.229.12 (16 Dec 2010 07:35:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:35:13 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Dec 16 08:35:08 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PT8Mm-0007Mt-46 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:35:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D48A0CA915; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:35:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id MuVtalkR9UeG; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:35:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A430ACA912; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7757CA90A for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:57 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id NmIpYBa4QVBH for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C6F8CA90C for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from uni-bonn.de (mail.uni-bonn.de [131.220.15.113]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id oBG7YrCp009381 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:55 +0100 Original-Received: from [88.128.91.151] (account tschmit1@uni-bonn.de HELO [10.142.12.247]) by fe2.uni-bonn.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPA id 51639876 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=131.220.15.113; country=DE; region=07; city=Bonn; latitude=50.7333; longitude=7.1000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50.7333,7.1000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0cDHHySgh - c4a248825519 - 20101216 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:64556 Archived-At: On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Jon Crump wrote: > > I've done as you suggest and downloaded the minimals beta leaving the > TeX-live distribution behind, so I can be on the same page with you > all. Hans's fix has worked. I'm gratified that my intuition about how > @xml:id should work was not wrong. The example in my last message now > works as expected. > If you want to try the latest and greatest, it's indeed better to work with the minimals. You can always keep texlive if you want to use other TeX stuff or if you want a stable fallback in case the latest beta breaks. > > This looks sensible to me. I'll see if I can't make it work with my > document next week. Thanks ever so much. Is that string substitution > function a bit of Lua? > Indeed, that's a lua function. It's extracting a substring (substitution would be string.gsub). > > Thomas, I do not take it in a negative way; simply practical. I take > seriously both the principle and practice of open-source endeavors > like ConTeXt, and the scholarly work it can support. I hope and intend > that as I get up to speed, I'll be able to make some small > contribution, even if it's only posting the commented example of our > project on the wiki. I've done some programming in Python, and am > rather keen to learn something about Lua, as they have quite a bit in > common. It's unlikely I'll be able to make substantive contributions > to the code, but not impossible in the fullness of time. I'm mindful > of the generosity of all involved, and all on this list, and offer > great thanks and kudos. > > Your cautionary note on the bilingual edition is taken to heart, and I > have recommended that for the time being our project will not try to > implement a facing page translation. This remains an important > desideratum for us however, and I will attend with great interest your > progress, and the insights of any engaged in similar efforts. The > specific use-case we have in mind, and the problems associated with it > may be of interest to others and I'll post it on the wiki. Good, that's the spirit! Thomas ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________