From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41427 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: typesetting Arabic today Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:18:07 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University 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: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212870006 17418 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2008 20:20:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:20:06 +0000 (UTC) To: "Burak Emir" , "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 07 22:20:48 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 1K54tz-0002oc-HK for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:20:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBFE1FCE8; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:19:50 +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 23494-03-2; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:19:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 329EC1FCEC; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:19:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06F01FCE8 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:18:59 +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 24714-01-2 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:18:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 333E91FD02 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:18:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 24196 invoked by uid 1006); 7 Jun 2008 20:18:20 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(0.1/100.0):. Processed in 0.83478 secs); 07 Jun 2008 20:18:20 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.6) by -v with SMTP; 7 Jun 2008 20:18:19 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 24070 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2008 20:18:17 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.84.217) by -v with SMTP; 7 Jun 2008 20:18:17 -0000 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.24 (Win32) 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:41427 Archived-At: Hi, Burak, 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.... Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________