From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/16204 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steffen Wolfrum Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Ancient Greek Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:10:28 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093173091 12137 80.91.224.253 (22 Aug 2004 11:11:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:11:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Aug 22 13:11:20 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ByqFs-0003PS-00 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 378091278D; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26985-03; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F4A712780; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC0312780 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26986-02 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtprelay03.ispgateway.de (unknown [62.67.200.164]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF3812778 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:11:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 28750 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2004 11:11:08 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO [62.134.73.248]) (698580@[62.134.73.248]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay03.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Aug 2004 11:11:08 -0000 X-Sender: 698580@pop3.estfiles.de Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl, atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:16204 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16204 Adam Lindsay wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:57:05 +0200: > > >Well, I'd love to use aleph - no doubt! But, as I work with MacOS(X) > >I fear I have to find a solution that will work for pdfetex. > > > >Could someone help me? > > Hmm. What's your timeframe? > I'm working on XeTeX drivers for ConTeXt that should get to a 90% > solution soonish... the question will then be what "weird" ConTeXt > features will you need? > > For those not aware, XeTeX is a very interesting eTeX variant that hooks > into MacOSX's advanced typography. It's Unicode-native, and uses native > Mac fonts without any TeXFont-y conversion necessary. It supports Apple's > AAT features as well as OTF features. As far as I understood I order to typeset text in xetex you have to use basically plain TeX-commands. So, when you say you're working on XeTeX drivers for ConTeXt does that mean that I can write normal context code but typeset with XeTeX instead of pdfeTeX? That would be great. Because my aim is to include polytonic greek quotes in my context document, and I setup an ideal context environment for my publications already and don't want to start with plain TeX again. So if my understanding is right, when do you think XeTeX will be available for us ConTeXt users? Steffen