#ConTeXt in #TeXlive was only updated on release so far and didn’t even receive bugfixes.

Max Chernoff has now taken over ConTeXt maintenance for TeX live, so that it will lag only a few days behind the standalone #LMTX distribution from now.

For a few “exotic” platforms there are no current #LuaMetaTeX binaries – but they’re easy to compile yourself, and you’re better off with the lean LMTX distribution anyway.

We pushed the first post-#TeXlive 2025 update. Apart from a few pending patches, we spend some time on what we call retrotex and retropost.

#TeXLaTeX because general #LuaTeX is affected.

Standard interchange image format for Open Source DTP

Hi people,

with all the mayor GUI #DTP software reaching their peak: #GIMP, #Scribus and #Inkscape; and the well established #TeX software #ConTeXt and #SpeedataPublisher, and #ImageMagick we need a serious discussion about which image format we should adopt that works seamlessly across all these applications and it is generally accepted in the press workflow, whereas is embedded or not into a PDF file.

It should be something that has good quality, supports #CMYK and Alpha channels and it is #opensource friendly and perhaps an #openstandard.

I would dare to say that perhaps jpeg2000 matches most of them, it exists from a very long time and can be adopted as common ground, however it is need a combined effort, if what I am writing makes sense for you.

ImageMagick supports it, Gimp 3 currently doesn't, #LuaTeX and #LuaMetaTeX neither. I guess that Inkscape once it will be able to export in CMYK it will decide which format using to store images in CMYK with alpha into a PDF.

It would be very beneficial if we can adopt a format that works everywhere and it is press friendly, thanks.

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)

#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

Is there anywhere in the Fediverse anyone with decent knowledge of #Context by Pragma ADE?

I'd like to study a little bit more about Context #LMXT but I couldn't find any documentation except for the #ContextGarden wiki:

https://wiki.contextgarden.net/LMTX

Which really doesn't offer any clear documentation.

Any help will be really appreciated, thanks! ​

Hello Fediverse!
We’re #newhere, even if we are already 14 years old – and #ConTeXt is the infamous alternative to #LaTeX for more than 20 years!

The developers of ConTeXt are also behind #LuaTeX and now #LuaMetaTeX.

We’re the incisors (AKA bleeding edge) of the dinosaur of open source.