I am trying to setup a basic document with ConTeXt, but I am having difficulty even getting started.
First, I tried the documentation at ConTeXt wiki: Chinese. I tried the sample code on that page:
\enableregime[utf]
\usemodule[chi-00]
\starttext
你好!
\stoptext
That compiled without errors, but displayed an empty document.
Next, I tried building a minimal document based on my understanding of the instructions in Chinese in ConTeXt:
\usemodule[chinese]
\usemodule[chi-simplified]
\defineunicodefont [SimChi] [SimplifiedChinese] [chinese]
\definefontsynonym [SimChiLiShuRegular] [gbls] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimChiLiShuSlanted] [gbls] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimChiLiShuItalic] [gbls] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimChiLiShuBold] [gbls] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimChiLiShuBoldSlanted] [gbls] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimChiLiShuBoldItalic] [gbls] [encoding=gbk]
\starttext
\completecontent
\chapter{你好}
你好
\endtext
I was unsure which compiler this code was for:
- With
context test.tex
, the compiler complained\defineunicodefont
was an "Undefined control sequence". - With
texexec --xtx test.tex
, the compiler complained that\setupunicodefont
was an "Undefined control sequence".
Finally, I just ignored all of the documentation about using Chinese and tried to build a minimal working document following ConTeXt wiki: Fonts in XeTeX. With this, I finally have some code that compiles (at least with texexec --xtx test.tex
):
\mainlanguage[chinese]
\definetypeface[Song][rm][Xserif][Adobe Song Std]
\definetypeface[Heiti][ss][Xsans][Adobe Heiti Std]
\definefont[TitleFont][Song]
\setupbodyfont[Song, 12 pt]
\setuphead[chapter][number=yes, style=Heiti]
\starttext
\chapter{你好}
你好
\stoptext
This code compiles and displays Chinese, but I quickly found some problems:
\mainlanguage
is set to[chinese]
, but the document uses English titles (e.g. "Contents"), rather than Chinese titles (e.g. "目录") and Western-style section numbering (e.g. "1, 1.1"), rather than Chinese-style numbering (e.g. "第一章") and all of the other nice language-specific features described in the Chinese in ConTeXt and ConTeXt up-to-date 1999/7 Chinese documentation.- When compiling, it ever puts line breaks anywhere, so all sentences run off the page.
How can I create a basic Chinese-language document in ConTeXt (preferably using OpenType fonts)? Are tools such as (or similar to) ctex
or xecjk
available for ConTeXt?
Best Answer
This is a basic Chinese document for ConTeXt mkiv. You compile it with "context test.tex" (of course, you need to have the STFangSong font). I don't know Chinese, but as far as I can see, numbers and chapter titles are in something that looks like Chinese.