From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41429 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Burak Emir" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: typesetting Arabic today Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:48:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <115224fb0806012329m686e4aa6n63552d59c3fac229@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0492713611==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212871811 21719 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2008 20:50:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:50:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 07 22:50:54 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 1K55ND-00024n-DK for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:50:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6C61FCDF; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:50:00 +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 27593-05-2; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:49:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 545611FCAA; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:49:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8193B1FC5A for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:49:11 +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 26264-03 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:48:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.180]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 957741FCAA for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:48:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m38so1330981waf.14 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:48:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.123.19 with SMTP id v19mr1663931wac.168.1212871709763; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:48:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.176.7 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:48:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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:41429 Archived-At: --===============0492713611== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_17436_6018617.1212871709756" ------=_Part_17436_6018617.1212871709756 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > Hi, Burak, > Hi Idris, > > > On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:09:14 -0600, Burak Emir > wrote: > > Hi again, >> >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid > > >> wrote: >> >> >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Aleph_Guide >>> >>> was once the main guide. Aleph was a merge of etex and Omega, succeeded >>> by >>> luatex. You can still use the old Omega way of doing things in luatex -- >>> as >>> explained in that guide, but it's better to use the new mechanism and >>> opentype fonts. >>> >>> >> My luatex is not working for the moment, I am using the context minimals >> distribution on MacOS X. >> >> Would the old Omega way documented on that page also work with the xetex >> engine? >> > > No, XeTeX does not support Omega/Aleph commands. If you find an aleph > binary for Mac I guess you could try that, but don't give up on luaTeX just > yet, I'm sure someone on the list will figure out what's wrong.... > I did not have the intention of giving up : ) Mojca suggested I try to source in setuptex, I will try that next then. I was just waiting if somebody might reply to Jean. Let me ask another question then: once luatex works, how can I make use of the ttf font? I suppose it is not as simple as copying it in the fonts/truetype directory and running mktexlsr? I had a glance at the mfonts.pdf manual, and I already installed FontForge aka pfaedit, but I do not know yet how it all plays together. Thanks, Burak -- Burak Emir -- http://burak.emir.googlepages.com ------=_Part_17436_6018617.1212871709756 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid@colostate.edu> wrote:
Hi, Burak,

Hi Idris,
 


On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:09:14 -0600, Burak Emir <burak.emir@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi again,

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid@colostate.edu>
wrote:


http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Aleph_Guide

was once the main guide. Aleph was a merge of etex and Omega, succeeded by
luatex. You can still use the old Omega way of doing things in luatex -- as
explained in that guide, but it's better to use the new mechanism and
opentype fonts.


My luatex is not working for the moment, I am using the context minimals
distribution on MacOS X.

Would the old Omega way documented on that page also work with the xetex
engine?

No, XeTeX does not support Omega/Aleph commands. If you find an aleph binary for Mac I guess you could try that, but don't give up on luaTeX just yet, I'm sure someone on the list will figure out what's wrong....

I did not have the intention of giving up : ) Mojca suggested I try to source in setuptex, I will try that next then. I was just waiting if somebody might reply to Jean.

Let me ask another question then: once luatex works, how can I make use of the ttf font? I suppose it is not as simple as copying it in the fonts/truetype directory and running mktexlsr?

I had a glance at the mfonts.pdf manual, and I already installed FontForge aka pfaedit, but I do not know yet how it all plays together.

Thanks,
Burak
--
Burak Emir
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