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[edit] Context 2005.12.19

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on December 19, 2005.

New features:

  • A regime for latin-9 (ISO 8859-15), this is the modified version of latin-1 that includes the euro sign. Usage: 
\useregime[il9]
\enableregime[il9]

Bugfixes:

  • Context 2005.12.18 accidentally broke unicode characters
  • Loading of pdffontfileresources is made more robust

[edit] Context 2005.12.18

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on December 18, 2005.

New features:

  • LucidaBright metrics added (in cont-fnt.zip)
  • LatinModern updated to 0.99.3 release (cont-lmt.zip)
  • Extended support for the Zapf font collection CD
  • Extended chinese support (still experimental)

Bugfixes: A rather long list of small bugfixes, please follow the link to the details page for more information on those.

[edit] Context 2005.12.01

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on December 1, 2005.

New features:

  • One additional file, containintg ConTeXt tools for use in the SciTE editor, like spellchecking.

Two bugfixes:

  • A trap for trial typesetting in figure feedback
  • load extra mapfiles for euler and ams typescrips

[edit] Context 2005.11.30

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on November 30, 2005.

New features:

  • A support module for loading DraTex
  • Itemgroups now accept a command parameter. This allows \item c.s. to work on bits of the following paragraph, like so: 
\def\MyItemCommand#1{{\bf#1}\quad}
\setupitemgroup[itemize][command=\MyItemCommand]
   
\startitemize
\item {test} is this okay?
\item {test} is this okay?
\item {test} is this okay?
\stopitemize
  • Extension for the use of marks in column sets using a new, three-argument, call to \getmarking : 
\getmarking[subsection][1][first] % column 1
\getmarking[subsection][3][first] % column 3
  • A set of font synonyms to enable easy ligature prevention (esp. useful in XML) 
\usetypescript[serif][handling][noligs] 
\definetypeface[mine][rm][serif][latin-modern][default][encoding=texnansi]
\definetypeface[mine][rm][serif][latin-modern][default][encoding=texnansi]
  
\setupbodyfont[mine,10pt]
  
\starttext
asjemenou-het--lijkt---te----werken
\stoptext
  • \setupinterlinespace[auto] makes interline (double) spacing work even across bodyfont switches
  • new system modes for the current language: 
{\language[nl]
 \startmode[*en] english \stopmode
 \startmode[*nl] dutch   \stopmode
 \language[en]
 \startmode[*en] english \stopmode
 \startmode[*nl] dutch   \stopmode}

Bug fixes:

  • ConTeXt now allows more MP specials, on user request (through \manyMPspecials). This is sometimes needed when MetaPost is called in-between runs instead of using the shell_escape mechanisms
  • use TEXMFTE and TEXMFGW in type-tmf.dat. This allows texfont to function correctly under gwtex.
  • Use the new map file names for the font families/typescripts antt, iwona, and kurier.
  • Footnote markers no longer appear in headings

[edit] Context 2005.11.24

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on November 24, 2005.

New features:

  • As of this version, ConTeXt has a new zip archive: cont-fnt.zip. This zip will contain font support files. Currently included are texfont-generated metric and map files for these font families (with their typescript names in braces):
    • Adobe Utopia (utopia)
    • Bitstream Charter (charter)
    • Antykwa Poltawskiego (antykwa-poltawskiego)
    • URW Bookman (bookman)
    • URW Nimbus Mono (courier)
    • URW Nimbus Sans (helvetica)
    • URW Century Schoolbook (schoolbook)
    • URW Palladio (palatino)
    • URW Nimbus Roman No9 (times)
    • URW Chancery (chancery)
  • \txt is a new command to be used like \item, \head and \sym inside itemgroups (e.g. '\startitemize ... \stopitemize')
  • texmfstart can be used to generate the stub commands like 'texfont' now

Bugs fixed:

  • the new texexec (in ruby) has gained some backward compatibility switches, like pdfarrange.
  • The incorrect LMSans-Italic font mapping has been fixed
  • The command \usetypescript[adobekb][ec] works properly now

[edit] Context 2005.11.16

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on November 16, 2005.

New features:

  • As of this version, ConTeXt has a new zip archive: cont-ext.zip. This zip contains a selected set of the third-party modules from the modules site. Currently, it contains only the ConTeXt Lettrines.

Bugs fixed:

  • some ongoing bugfixes to the new ruby scripts
  • \sqrt can now again be used in ToCs and captions (etc.)
  • \type can again be used in subcaptions of \startcombination
  • Some visualization macros no longer causes an eternal loop

[edit] Context 2005.11.15

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on November 15, 2005.

New features:

  • A new key in \setupregister: prefix=, This controls page prefixes in index ranges
  • New functionality: indentnext=auto. Blank lines in the source are taken into account when indextnext=auto is in effect. A really short example of usage would be: 
 
\setupindenting[small,yes]
\setupformulas[indentnext=auto]
\starttext
\startformula a = b\stopformula

\input tufte % blank line => with indentation

\startformula a = b\stopformula
\input tufte % no blank line => no indentation

\stoptext

Bugs fixed:

  • A bug in the new "extension of definitions inside assignments" feature in 2005.11.11 accidentally broke the non-english interfaces.

[edit] Context 2005.11.14

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on November 14, 2005.

  • New key: align= now allows the keys from \setupalign, e.g.: 
\framed[align={normal,stretch,verytolerant}]{...}
  • bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.11.11

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on November 11, 2005.

News compared to the 2005.10.27 version:

  • Additional dvips map files for Latin Modern
  • context-base.map removed
  • support for Waldi's Symbols added
  • support for intercolumn spaces in natural tables
  • support for extension of definitions inside assignments

Bugs fixed:

  • mptopdf sometimes had trouble starting the pdfetex executable
  • sometimes externalimage-s in metafun disappeared
  • EC encoded text in math mode should now be ok (\ccaron c.s.)
  • lots of small register (index) fixes to newtexutil
  • a bug in \type that prevented the compilation of the pdftex manual.
  • some other (minor) bugs

[edit] Context 2005.11.09

This release was (somewhat) broken.

[edit] Context 2005.10.27

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on October 27, 2005.

  • Synchronized with the new Latin Modern release. When updating, do not forget to fetch the new [cont-lmt.zip]

[mirror1] [mirror2] as well!

  • Support for file preprocessing
  • Various bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.08.31

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on August 31, 2005.

  • Defined enumerations can now have titles and can be associated to lists
  • Improved special driver for dvipdfmx
  • some smaller bugfixes, including a few translations

[edit] Context 2005.08.19

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on August 19, 2005.

  • A kpsefast ruby module that fakes kpsewhich
  • documentation patches from luigi scarso
  • encoding patches from mojca miklavec
  • sorting fix from vit zyka
  • a few other bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.08.15

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on August 16, 2005.

  • \setuplist[sectionnumber=]
  • \setuphead[hang=]
  • many encoding table improvements
  • extra Iwona/Kurier typescripts
  • other bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.08.03

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on August 3, 2005.

  • new symbol set fonts from Janusz M. Nowacki

[edit] Context 2005.08.01

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on August 2, 2005.

  • on-the-fly file prepocessing
  • some minor bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.07.30

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on July 31, 2005.

  • a bit of development to the ruby scripts
  • some very minor bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.07.27

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on July 28, 2005.

  • extra scite support
  • better texexec checksumming
  • slovenian character conversion
  • xml entities in tuo file cleaned up
  • optionally make ec-encoded pdfs better searchable in Acrobat5 and lower
  • some other bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.07.21

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on July 21, 2005.

  • bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.07.20

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on July 20, 2005.

  • better miktex support in the ruby modules
  • ruby texexec can be used as a replacement for perl texexec
  • new \indenting implementation
  • new \startlines implementation
  • bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.07.13

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on July 19, 2005.

  • mptopdf now supports metafun when running metapost itself
  • ruby version of texutil is now (almost) complete
  • type-pre.tex is re-instated
  • repeat-style numbering for enumerations (\setupitemize)
  • support for printable viewer layers (pdf)
  • antykwa-torunska typescript finalized
  • bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.06.27

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on June 27, 2005.

  • bugfixes (see the detailed page for a list)
  • esp.: \switchtobodyfont accepts previously undefined sizes again

[edit] Context 2005.06.21

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on June 21, 2005.

This is mostly a bugfix release (a dozen or so bugs are fixed), but there is also a bit of extra fuctionality:

  • texexec dvips support (with automatic mapfile processing)
  • support for the Swift typeface
  • Unicode vectors 0x033 and 0x034

[edit] Context 2005.06.07

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on June 7, 2005.

  • a number of small bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.06.03

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on June 3, 2005.

  • dvipdfmx mapfile support
  • texexec --version bugfix

[edit] Context 2005.06.02

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on June 3, 2005.

  • New textools option: --merge
Merges new files into an existing tree (after some checking)
  • Support for files generated by metapost 0.901
  • Map file fixes for CMBX5 vs. CMBX12 messup introduced in 20050525

[edit] Context 2005.06.01

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on June 1, 2005.

  • New texexec switch: --local
  • Some minor bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.05.30

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on May 30, 2005.

  • Bugfixes in the engine code (shell escaping)
  • Paper size specials in dvi (dvips) mode
  • Some other small bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.05.25

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on May 25, 2005.

  • Latin Modern is now the default typescript family, resulting in a lot of changes for the newest release of the font family.
  • New, generic language (pattern and exception) files are included. This makes languages hyphenatable in multiple font encodings during the same run, see mpattern.pdf for details
  • Typescript support is added for ITC Bauhaus, Melior, Optima (commercial), Iwona, Iwona-light, Kurier, Kurier-light (free fonts), and the typescripts for ITC stone and Antykwa Torunska are extended.
  • External figures are no longer searched for in the main texmf tree. Use 
\setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}]
if you want the old behaviour back.
  • Lots of fixes to the engine support in texexec (but apparently this is not yet 100% reliable)
  • Low-level ancient greek support
  • Support for svg images (pdf mode only)
  • New system modes are available to check if your are inside one of the product-related objects: component / product / project / environment
  • Lots and lots of smaller stuff

[edit] Context 2005.01.31

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on January 31, 2005.

  • Unicode support for Cyrillic and Greek updates
  • Hebrew support
  • a few bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.01.26

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on January 27, 2005.

  • lots of extra functionality added to CtxTools (v 1.2.0 now): --purgefiles, --documentation, --filterpages (all from texutil originally); and better commandline help
  • a few bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.01.24

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on January 25, 2005.

  • TeXExec version 5.2.4 supports --pdftrim
  • Per-description setting of variables
  • Switch to latin modern fonts instead of cmr + various local versions
  • Support for the qx encoding
  • The base35 postscript fonts are now avialable by default
  • An extension for symbols that allows fetching one symbol in a collection directly.
  • A hook in the list setups to make use of that change
  • bugfixes

[edit] Context 2005.01.13

This version of ConTeXt was uploaded on January 13, 2005.

  • The distribution now contains Taco's bib module and related files
  • The TeXShow program now uses the XML versions of the interface definition files, the .tws variants have been removed
  • Math font definitions (esp. lucida/euler) are completed and improved, resulting in more robust mixed math usage
  • Improved support for the newly much enlarged AntykwaTorunska font family
  • Context support files for the "jedit" editor added
  • SVG figure inclusion support in PDF.
  • Dan Luecking's patch to supp-pdf.tex
  • Bugfixes and cleanup
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