From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24435 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: [Aleph] OpenType-to-TeX and other musings... Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:32:19 -0700 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <1134825201.43a40ef110463@diogel.enst-bretagne.fr> <43A56F3F.7050506@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134923661 9028 80.91.229.2 (18 Dec 2005 16:34:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:34:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Dec 18 17:34:11 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo1Sj-0003wC-Tf for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DB9127A0; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:41 +0100 (CET) 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 16175-06; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E45F12797; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B4D12797 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:35 +0100 (CET) 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 16307-02 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 50C38126F8 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:32:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail 15632 invoked by uid 1006); 18 Dec 2005 16:32:32 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:SA:0(0.0/100.0):. Processed in 1.082775 secs); 18 Dec 2005 16:32:32 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.5) by -v with SMTP; 18 Dec 2005 16:32:31 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 9868 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2005 16:32:29 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO walayah1.wildblue.com) (70.41.5.66) by -v with SMTP; 18 Dec 2005 16:32:29 -0000 Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" In-Reply-To: <43A56F3F.7050506@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Opera M2/8.51 (Win32, build 7712) X-Virus-Scanned: 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: , 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:24435 Archived-At: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:16:31 -0700, Hans Hagen wrote: >> In the short run, for Aleph's purposes, these declarations and =20 >> much/most/all of the metainfo can be treated as "suggestions" for the = =20 >> otp designer to consider in implementing things. There is no need to = =20 >> treat them as something "holy". > > in the near future pdftex will provide open type as well as hooks for =20 > input processing using lua, so you may as well end up rewriting your =20 > otp's in a more friendly language At the risk of getting off topic: I know nothing about lua-) What makes i= t =20 such a great tool? Why not just use, e.g., Ruby (less languages for me to= =20 learn->)? But you are quite right: the otp language is a real bear... Best Idris --=20 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/