User:Oneiros/Taco Hoekwater
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Taco Hokwater | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
| Employer | Elvenkind B.V. |
| Organization | NTG |
| Known for | LuaTeX, MetaPost |
Taco Hoekwater[1] (born in 1969 in Netherlands) is the main developer of LuaTeX[2], and MetaPost/MPlib. He has been the first user of ConTeXt outside of PRAGMA ADE and works in tight cooperation with Hans Hagen to develop TeX engines and macros for ConTeXt ever since.
Around 2005[3] he took over development of MetaPost, originally written by John Hobby, to implement some features needed in ConTeXt and by Polish MetaType1 font developers. During the development of ConTeXt MK IV he turned it into a library called MPlib to improve efficiency and gain speed in ConTeXt which is known for a heavy use of MetaPost graphics.
He has been the president of the Dutch language-oriented TeX users group (NTG) since 2009[4] and main editor of the user group's magazine MAPS[5].
He was the first and main organizer of ConTeXt User Meetings, the first one being hosted in Epen, Netherlands in 2007[6], followed by the joint EuroTeX & 3rd ConTeXt Meeting in The Hague in 2009[7]. Together with Hans Hagen they have been responsible for the programme ever since.
Development and packages[edit]
- LuaTeX (main developer)
- MetaPost and MPlib (main developer)
- bibliography module[8] for ConTeXt
- Escrito[9], the PostScript interpreter in Lua
- The Cow Font[10], designed by Duane Bibby
References[edit]
- ^ Interview with Taco Hoekwater. 2006, included in Walden, David (July 7, 2009). Berry, Karl; Walden, David (eds.). TeX People: Interviews from the world of TeX. Portland, Oregon, USA: TeX Users Group. pp. 139–143. ISBN 9780982462607.
- ^ LuaTeX Team page
- ^ needs to be checked
- ^ The board of NTG
- ^ MAPS - magazine of Dutch TeX user group
- ^ First international ConTeXt user meeting
- ^ EuroTeX 2009 homepage
- ^ Bibliography information in ConTeXtgarden
- ^ Escrito homepage
- ^ The making of a (TeX) font