From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/52624 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?B?SWRyaXMgU2FtYXdpIEhhbWlkINin2K/YsdmK2LMg2LPZhdin2YjZiiDYrQ==?= =?utf-8?B?2KfZhdiv?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Intro to Luatex Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:01:41 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <200908291735.34005.john@wexfordpress.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"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251583351 24367 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2009 22:02:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:02:31 +0000 (UTC) To: john@wexfordpress.com, "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Aug 30 00:02:24 2009 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 4.50) id 1MhW03-0005oa-D0 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA3A7C9A8A; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:17 +0200 (CEST) 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 R1vBlQ8-lgWf; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9124DC9A47; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89365C9A47 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:09 +0200 (CEST) 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 QfgIbyAFhfJV for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CE8DC9A1F for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:02:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 10588 invoked by uid 1006); 29 Aug 2009 22:02:03 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.2.5. Clear:SA:0(0.1/100.0):. Processed in 0.226184 secs); 29 Aug 2009 22:02:03 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.16) by -v with SMTP; 29 Aug 2009 22:02:03 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 13293 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2009 22:02:00 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (ishamid@75.104.80.183) by -v with SMTP; 29 Aug 2009 22:02:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <200908291735.34005.john@wexfordpress.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.50 (Win32) 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:52624 Archived-At: On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:35:33 -0600, John Culleton wrote: > Luatex has a lot of features that Context doesn't. Where is the best > place to start learning about it? Category mistake: luatex is an engine, like pdftex and xetex :-) luatex is one of three official engines that context can use: MkII: pdftex,xetex MkIV: luatex MkII is frozen afaik: MkIV is the main development branch. Eventually MkIV will _be_ Context for all practical purposes. The most obvious thing MkIV gives you at the moment is advanced control of OpenType fonts. For developers, lua provides advanced scripting and extensibility. see also http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mark_IV http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mk.pdf 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________