Dear Pablo Thanks for the quick response. I'm only just starting and many of the questions, as I say, will answer themselves when I get into the documentation properly. I'm sure pstricks will be workable (\usemodule[pstricks] doesn't generate an error, but when you actually try to use pstricks it fails - but there will be another way). Edmac is not likely to be needed for the books I have in mind, but it is essential for editions that I typeset from time to time with XeTeX and I don't think anything else will give me the same control (surprisingly, in ConText it seems to halt on encountering \newinsert - another TeX primitive that I often use for other purposes but which must have a differently named equivalent in Context).
\umirtenpointsevenfive is just my own invented name forthe MinionPro typeface at 10.75pt with the features that you saw in my example (old-style numerals etc.) - but I'm sure Context's own system of calling specific font sizes will become clear to me shortly. All that aside, it is definitely the tagging that I want to get working - my XeTeX-produced PDFs have no tagging, and automated tagging tools produce absolutely nothing - that won't be acceptable to repositories such as Perspectivia, which now quite rightly insists on PDFs that are compliant with the latest accessibility legislation. I will try not to bombard the list with childish questions, though - there is much I need to learn quietly on my own before I can get a successfully formatted (and hopefully tagged) chapter, at which point I will no doubt need help with fine-tuning the output. Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 at 14:41, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > On 6/14/25 12:37, John Was wrote: > > Good day, Contexters > > Hi John, > > welcome to the mailing list. > > > I've been using plain TeX for many years (EmTeX, if anyone can remember > > that, and latterly XeTeX), but my motivation for getting acquainted with > > ConText, rather late in life, is the need to produce tagged PDFs that > > will be accessible to the visually impaired (generally using an audio > > reader), and I understand (or at least hope) that ConText can help with > > that. > > PDF tagging is being added to ConTeXt. This means that some features may > need to be added yet. > > > I'm only just getting started with the /Not so Short Introduction/, and > > of course have many questions which I think/hope I will be able to > > answer myself from the documentation: I've not managed to load pstricks > > or edmac, > > As for pstricks (never used it), I have just found that there is a > module `m-pstrick', but it doesn’t work with LuaMetaTeX. > > I couldn’t make it work with LuaTeX either (sample from > > https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/ntg-context@ntg.nl/message/RJR7MRTPR7S35OH4KWAWIOAMY3CRF5UB/ > ). > > edmac is almost three decades old. If you want > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wujastyk/edmac/refs/heads/main/Wujastyk%20and%20Lavagnino_Edmac317%20book_1996.pdf#page=84 > , > this should be achievable with ConTeXt (no modules needed). > > > for example, but this must be possible, and some primitives > > such as \baselineskip seem to have disappeared > > LuaMetaTeX happens to have a primitive with the same name, > https://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/luametatex.pdf#page=93. > > > together with the fontcall system I'm used to: > > > > \font\umirtenpointsevenfive = "MinionPro-Regular:+onum:mapping=tex- > > text:letterspace=1.6" at 10.75pt > > Not clear to me what the second command (after `\font`) means in plain > English. > > > [...] With my XeTeX-produced PDFs an audio > > reader will simply read all of the main text on a page, then the > > footnotes (the last of which may be split between pages), and then start > > again on the next page - clearly annoying and unacceptable to those who > > can't see the PDF. > > This is probably due to a poorly tagged PDF document (my guess). > > > I'd be most grateful to be pointed in the right direction - or is > > what I've outlined simply not achievable? > > I think LuaLaTeX may achieve that too (for your info). > > Not sure whether our tagging is that far now (with notes). > > I hope it helps, > > Pablo > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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