Release Notes 2007
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Context 2007.12.31
This release fixes:
- A bug in ppchtex when used with (pdf)etex
- A bug in mptopdf when used in latex
- The loading of multiple cidmap-needing opentype fonts in mkiv
- register sorting in mkiv
- the use of attributed boxes
- and some smaller stuff
And adds:
- support for petex (japanese ptex+etex)
- a text cleanup hook in the xml handling
- entity tracing in xml
Context 2007.12.18
This release simply fixes a few bugs in Context 2007.12.17
Context 2007.12.17
Many small optimizations, especially in the MkIV font code and the table processing
Context 2007.12.07
This release only has a bit of speed gain at building XeTeX formats.
Context 2007.12.06
This release simply fixes a few bugs in Context 2007.12.05
Context 2007.12.05
This release is mostly to sync MkIV with the new luatex beta 0.20.0:
- line numbering is reimplemented to make use of the ability to process node lists, making it much more robust
- lots of lua code speedups, partially make possible by the new beta
- language support is reimplemented in lua and now uses dynamic loading of patterns/exceptions at runtime
- the lua xml interface is expanded some more
but there are some other (both MkII and MkIV) items as well:
- Captions now support \setupcaptions[number=none]
- It is now possible to control the alignment of the itemization symbol
- \startblockquote ... \stopblockquote can be used if you don't want explicit quote markers
- Better support for the use of PK bitmap fonts in metapost graphics
- Previosuly, there was a problem with the use of LatinModern for math in unusual bodyfont sizes
- lots of smaller bugs fixed
Context 2007.09.28
- A rewritten XML parser for mkiv
- XML path expressions for mkiv
- Fixed and improved support for XeTeX fonts
- The file extension and method for included files is now always lowercased
- other small bugfixes
Context 2007.09.10
- MathML and CALS tables for mkiv
- mkiv font handling improvements
- bugfixes
Context 2007.08.20
- Fix some font issues in mkiv
- Some smaller common bugfixes
Context 2007.08.09
- Another set of bugfixes for Mark IV
Context 2007.08.08
- A set of bugfixes for Mark IV
Context 2007.08.07
- The Mark IV release
- a few small bugfixes
Context 2007.07.25
- improved support for math over- ander underarrows
- a few small bugfixes
Context 2007.07.24
- infrastructure preparations for MkIV
- support for 'reverse' in itemizes
- various math fixes and extensions, including an improved \startsubstack
- support for ending symbols and optional titles in description environments
- fixed XeTeX font support (hopefully)
- for various other small bugfixes and small extensions, see the detailed page
Context 2007.04.17
- mptopdf and texexec (once again) support the handling of LaTeX files
- allow blocking of installed programs for texutil
- fix the handling of external graphics in xetex
- various low-level fixes and extensiosn for multicolumn handling
- bugfix for disappearing footnotes
- support for TeX-Gyre Hermes
- for various other small bugfixes, see the detailed page
Context 2007.03.22
- ctxtools --updatecontext now supports a --proxy switch
- and a few small bugfixes
Context 2007.03.19
- Aditya's 'mathsets' modules in included in cont-ext.zip
- The use of \setuphead[][numberwidth=...]
- Named font styles can now also be 'sans' or 'sansbold'
- The old marvosym metric file is included, fixing the 'MarvoSym' symbols and '\texteuro' bugs
- Quoting of font files is changed so that hopefully XeTeX bare fontfiles are OK now.
- For some other small changes, see the details page
Context 2007.02.21
Bugfixes:
- Handling of figure paths extended (cache support)
- Corrected truetype font file for lmtypewriter10-regular (for use in X11)
Context 2007.02.20
Bugfixes:
- Quite a few (mostly very small) fixes
Context 2007.01.23
Bugfixes:
- A problem with spurious lines in metapost figures is removed
- Creating XeTeX formats was broken in 2007.01.18
New:
- Gnuplot module (m-gnuplot.tex) removed from the core distro. This file is superceded by the third-party module
Context 2007.01.18
Bugfixes:
- corrected XeTeX commandline
New:
- The vim module is now included in cont-ext.zip
- Switch to latin modern math fonts. If this gives you trouble, you have to update your latin modern font package, see CTAN
Context 2007.01.12
Bugfixes:
- the error code returns for texmfstart were reversed
New:
- Complete switch to pdftex 1.40. pdftex 1.30 is no longer supported!
Context 2007.01.10
New:
- texmstart, texexec and texsync support return codes now
Context 2007.01.09
Bugfixes:
- math display error
- unicode map file loading error in non-pdftex 1.40
New:
- support for TeXGyreSchola fonts
- --draft option for texexec (needs pdftex 1.40)
- --passon added to texexec
- extend the adobe euro font mapfile so it can be used by dvips
Context 2007.01.02
Bugfixes:
- re-enable norwegian hyphenation patterns
- footnote referencing fix
New:
- Use the low-level support for ToUnicode mapping in pdftex 1.40, if possible
