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cont-exa.zip:

• server.rb:619 remove HTML escapes

• xmltools.rb:173 fix error (#{file}) reporting

• x-e-0000.tex:93 switch to \begingroup, use an inline version of \getEXAvariable (also a bugfix, I think)

cont-img.zip:

• no changes

cont-wrk.zip:

• no changes

cont-mpd.zip:

• supp-mpe:v. Allow four components in MP spotcolors

• supp-mpe:744 Use \PDFcode instead of primitive \pdfliteral

• supp-pdf:226 re-instate \setPDFboundingbox and \setPDFmediabox

• supp-pdf:894 indirection added for MP's fshow

• supp-pdf:1942 fairly extensive cleanup in \finishMPgraphic

cont-ppc.zip:

• m-ch-{de,en,nl}.sty: adds LaTeX package wrapper code, dated [2004/07/30]

cont-tmf.zip:

• texexec.rme:54 new variable UseEnginePath

• cont-XX.tws:1678 add documentation for "paper" and "page" to \setuplayout.

• cont-XX.tws:2425 add documentation for "leftmargin" and "rightmargin" to \setupitemgroup.

• context.properties:118 fix for calling texexec in 'foxet' mode

• context.tex:18 \contextversion is now 2004.8.15

• context.tex:144 new input file: spec-var.tex

• cont-fil.tex:29 new file synonym dir-make dir-01

• mp-core.mp:523 adds TopSkip correction to left_top_hang.

• mp-core.mp:543 fix par_hang calculation in right_top_hang.

• mp-spec.mp:417ev. spotcolors are now an application of the more general type multitonecolor

• mp-spec.mp:534 some cleanup in definition of transparent

• mp-text.mp: minor cleanups

• mp-tool.mp:1993 definition of simplified and unspiked expanded

• mp-tool.mp:2135 new macro: register_dirty_chars(), for use by cleanstring

• texexec.pl:v.
  • version 4.4,
  • adds "engine" support (and forces '-alone'),
  • adds documentation pointers to the help text
  • adds support for "<?context-directive>" (in XML mode)
  • adds support for dvipdfm and dvipdfmx
  • bugfix in checkmplabels()
  • bugfixes in btex ... etex handling in doRunMP() and RunMPX()
  • some cleanups

• texexec.rme:54 new variable UseEnginePath

• texfont.pl:906 force afm2pl into afm2tfm compatibility mode

• texfont.pl:v. minor cleanups

• xmltools.rb:173 fix error (#{file}) reporting

• colo-ini.tex:v.
  • adds multitone color support (\definemultitonecolor)
  • adss experimental rasterization support for other color types also (using r= switch)

• cont-new.tex: quite some stuff removed and a bit of reorganization. There might be new things that I missed because the diff was quite confusing

• cont-usr.ori:53 US-english hyphen patterns filename logic extended.

• core-box.tex:722 adds support for m, g (and line), gl (and lineleft), gc (and linemiddle), gr (and lineright) specifiers to \alignedbox

• core-fig.tex:990 adds support for keyword size={mediabox, cropbox, artbox, bleedbox, trimbox} to external figures

• core-int.tex:2362 extra (defaulted) indirect argument added for \attachment, for a future split between name and title.

• core-int.tex:v. adds "textlayer=" keyword to \setupcomments and \setupattachments

• core-itm.tex:119,1018 leftmargin= and rightmargin= support added to itemgroups

• core-itm.tex:v. some documentation fixes.

• cor-itm.tex:729 bugfix in \stopitemgroup

• core-mar.tex:87 (experimental?) support for column markings

• core-obj.tex:211 fix in \dogetobject

• core-reg.tex: switch low-level column stuff to english cf. page-mul.tex

• core-rul.tex:2619 bugfix in \dodostopframedtext

• core-rul.tex:2807 bugfix in \dodobottomtextrule

• core-sec.tex:v. optimizations for \dostartsectieblock

• core-sec.tex:450 bugfix for private numbers in \makesectionformat

• core-sec.tex:1867 bugfix for section head display in horizontal mode

• core-spa.tex:1907 better definition of \setfontstrut

• core-spa.tex:2293 moved definitions of \lrcbox & co. to supp-box

• core-tab.tex:502 new definition of \!ttBeginTableA (from thrd-tab)

• core-vis.tex:v. various optimizations

• filt-ini.tex:16 remove conditional check for \OmegaVersion, various optimizations in other parts

• font-{arb,chi}.tex: switch low-level column stuff to english cf. page-mul.tex

• font-ini.tex:1545 new macros: \expandfontsynonym,\doifelsefontsynonym

• font-ini.tex:2119 definition of \setupbodyfontenvironment simplified

• hand-def.tex:379 remove 'extended' from definition of 'quality font handling'

• hand-ini.tex:v. optimizations (at least I think so?)

• m-cweb.tex: switch low-level column stuff to english cf. page-mul.tex

• meta-ini.tex:795 cleanup \insertMPfile

• m-newmath:118 add protection for the \frac command

• mult-com.tex: switch low-level column stuff to english cf. page-mul.tex

• mult-con.tex:1313 new constant: "tekstlaag"

• m-visual.tex: new file. 287 lines of visualization macros and debugging macros

• page-app.tex:77 changes to \dostartfittingpage (that i don't understand)

• page-imp.tex:1081 bugfix in \docombinepages

• page-ini.tex:666,1700 cleanup in \noshipout handling

• page-lay.tex:418 older cont-new code has been integrated.

• page-lay.tex:1387ev. fixes to the 'A10', 'B' and 'C' iso page definition sizes, a few new sizes added

• page-mul.tex:v. switch all low-level column stuff to english

• page-one.tex:589 hack for oversized floats (the hack inserts \goodbreak as a side-effect of size testing)

• s-abr-01.tex:207 new logo XSLFO

• setupb.tex:v. switch all low-level column stuff to english

• setupb.tex:3341 adds page= and pager= documentation to \setuplayout

• setupb.tex:5231 adds leftmargin= and rightmargin= doc. to \setupitemgroup

• s-map-01.tex: switch low-level column stuff to english cf. page-mul.tex

• spec-def.tex:161 adds 3 extra color specials of type \doregisterXXindexcolor

• spec-def.tex:206 installs \doinsertMPfile as a special (speedup)

• spec-dpm.tex:245 better definition of \dostartobject

• spec-dpx.tex:v. documentation fixes

• spec-dpx.tex:v. object reference fixes, resource support

• spec-dpx.tex:213 transparency support added.

• spec-dpm.tex:369 better definition of \dostartobject

• spec-fdf.tex:1273(and others) switch to global vars of type \@@DriverXXXXXX

• spec-fdf.tex:2770 \doPDFregistercmykindexcolor com suis. (experimental)

• spec-mis.tex:82 cleanup of \dododoinsertfile

• spec-ps.tex:222: install special \doinsertMPfile

• spec-tpd.tex:408: adds mediabox etc. support for image inclusion

• spec-tpd.tex:519e.v. \doregistercmykindexcolor com suis. (experimental)

• spec-tr.tex:65 install special \doinsertMPfile

• spec-var.tex: new file containing the \@@Driver definitions

• s-pre-60.tex: various changes

• s-pre-61.tex: various changes

• supp-box.tex:913 fixes in \dohyphenatedword

• supp-box.tex:1571 new column split: \iftightrigidcolumns

• supp-box.tex:2036 \[lrc]box definitions from core-spa.tex, extra \[lrc]top and \baselinemiddlebox, \baselineleftbox, \baselinerightbox definitions.

• supp-fil.tex:186 add underscore character to sanitized filename characters

• supp-mat.tex:48 bugfix in \mathematics (RifM style)

• supp-mpe:v. Allow four components in MP spotcolors

• supp-mpe:744 Use \PDFcode instead of primitive \pdfliteral

• supp-mps.tex:1619 bugfix \pushMPdrawing / \popMPdrawing

• supp-pdf:226 re-instate \setPDFboundingbox and \setPDFmediabox

• supp-pdf:894 indirection added for MP's fshow

• supp-pdf:1942 fairly extensive cleanup in \finishMPgraphic

• syst-con.tex:155 \hexstringtonumber added (previously in cont-new)

• syst-ext.tex:37 fix for \rawgetparameters (allow empty arg)

• syst-ext.tex:2042 \[re]dorepeatwithcommand indirection added

• x-res-01.tex: minor layout changes

• xtag-ext.tex:150 minor change to context-begin-group processor

• xtag-ext.tex:210 new macros: \doifXMLtextelse, \doifXMLtext

• xtag-ini.tex:182 (new) definition of \@@XMLglobal

• xtag-ini.tex:856 trash \csname\@@XMLdepth:\the\XMLdepth\endcsname in \endXMLelement

• xtag-ini.tex:v. \XMLpureancestor, \XMLinh (globalized inheritance?) (experimental?), attribute traceback support, some stuff that was previously in cont-new

• xtag-mml.tex:402 Vmode paranoia added

• xtag-pre.tex:315 \docontextXMLdirective fixed

• xtag-run.tex:290 \tracebackXMLattribute added

• cont-usr.tex:53 US-english hyphen patterns filename logic extended.

• m-ch-{de,en,nl}.sty: adds LaTeX package wrapper code, dated [2004/07/30]

• m-metapo.sty: adds LaTeX package wrapper code, dated [2004/07/30]

• m-pictex.sty: adds LaTeX package wrapper code, dated [2004/07/30]

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