beta 2011.02.08 21:46

155 files changed, 433 insertions, 412 deletions

diff --git a/tex/context/base/attr-col.lua b/tex/context/base/attr-col.lua
index 451cf0ee1..fd69fb682 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/attr-col.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/attr-col.lua
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ local concat = table.concat
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
-local report_attributes     = logs.new("attributes","colors")
-local report_colors         = logs.new("colors","support")
-local report_transparencies = logs.new("transparencies","support")
+local report_attributes     = logs.reporter("attributes","colors")
+local report_colors         = logs.reporter("colors","support")
+local report_transparencies = logs.reporter("transparencies","support")
 
 local attributes, nodes = attributes, nodes
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/attr-lay.lua b/tex/context/base/attr-lay.lua
index 949c9dbe8..5e60fbed3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/attr-lay.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/attr-lay.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local insert, remove = table.insert, table.remove
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
-local report_viewerlayers = logs.new("viewerlayers")
+local report_viewerlayers = logs.reporter("viewerlayers")
 
 -- todo: document this but first reimplement this as it reflects the early
 -- days of luatex / mkiv and we have better ways now
diff --git a/tex/context/base/back-exp.lua b/tex/context/base/back-exp.lua
index 8c01e365c..d5bdc2b91 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/back-exp.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/back-exp.lua
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ local trace_tree   = false  trackers.register  ("structures.export.showtree",
 local less_state   = false  directives.register("structures.export.lessstate",  function(v) less_state   = v end)
 local page_breaks  = false  directives.register("structures.export.pagebreaks", function(v) page_breaks  = v end)
 
-local report_export = logs.new("backend","export")
+local report_export = logs.reporter("backend","export")
 
 local nodes           = nodes
 local attributes      = attributes
diff --git a/tex/context/base/back-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/back-ini.lua
index 3cbfb9a30..dc510acc6 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/back-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/back-ini.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local backends = backends
 
 local trace_backend = false  trackers.register("backend.initializers", function(v) trace_finalizers = v end)
 
-local report_backend = logs.new("backend","initializing")
+local report_backend = logs.reporter("backend","initializing")
 
 local function nothing() return nil end
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/bibl-bib.lua b/tex/context/base/bibl-bib.lua
index 518518b42..e0e5a6c3a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/bibl-bib.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/bibl-bib.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ local P, R, S, C, Cc, Cs, Ct = lpeg.P, lpeg.R, lpeg.S, lpeg.C, lpeg.Cc, lpeg.Cs,
 
 local trace_bibxml = false  trackers.register("publications.bibxml", function(v) trace_bibtex = v end)
 
-local report_xml = logs.new("publications","xml")
+local report_xml = logs.reporter("publications","xml")
 
 bibtex       = bibtex or { }
 local bibtex = bibtex
diff --git a/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua b/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua
index 6b44d1b67..6a9f77f43 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local variables, constants = interfaces.variables, interfaces.constants
 
 local trace_bibtex = false  trackers.register("publications.bibtex", function(v) trace_bibtex = v end)
 
-local report_tex = logs.new("publications","tex")
+local report_tex = logs.reporter("publications","tex")
 
 local context, structures = context, structures
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/blob-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/blob-ini.lua
index 537e8bdd3..ffb435c25 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/blob-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/blob-ini.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['blob-ini'] = {
 
 local type = type
 
-local report_blobs = logs.new("blobs")
+local report_blobs = logs.reporter("blobs")
 
 local utfvalues = string.utfvalues
 local lpegmatch, lpegpatterns = lpeg.match, lpeg.patterns
diff --git a/tex/context/base/buff-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/buff-ini.lua
index be602d0a0..9de1cd606 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/buff-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/buff-ini.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['buff-ini'] = {
 local trace_run       = false  trackers.register("buffers.run",       function(v) trace_run       = v end)
 local trace_visualize = false  trackers.register("buffers.visualize", function(v) trace_visualize = v end)
 
-local report_buffers = logs.new("buffers","usage")
+local report_buffers = logs.reporter("buffers","usage")
 
 local concat = table.concat
 local type, next = type, next
diff --git a/tex/context/base/buff-par.lua b/tex/context/base/buff-par.lua
index aa4841d8a..2015b0bc0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/buff-par.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/buff-par.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['buff-ini'] = {
 
 local trace_parallel = false  trackers.register("buffers.parallel", function(v) trace_parallel = v end)
 
-local report_parallel = logs.new("buffers","parallel")
+local report_parallel = logs.reporter("buffers","parallel")
 
 local insert, remove, find, gmatch = table.insert, table.remove, string.find, string.gmatch
 local strip, format = string.strip, string.format
diff --git a/tex/context/base/buff-ver.lua b/tex/context/base/buff-ver.lua
index a8721f6ec..c4b7b4a03 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/buff-ver.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/buff-ver.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ local settings_to_array = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array
 
 local trace_visualize = false  trackers.register("buffers.visualize", function(v) trace_visualize = v end)
 
-local report_visualizers = logs.new("buffers","visualizers")
+local report_visualizers = logs.reporter("buffers","visualizers")
 
 visualizers = visualizers or { }
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua
index 6a9d1117d..103250d2b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ local texcatcodes = tex.texcatcodes
 
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("characters.defining",   function(v) characters_defining = v end)
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("characters")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("characters")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>This module implements some methods and creates additional datastructured
diff --git a/tex/context/base/chem-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/chem-ini.lua
index 4bbfe4c38..4d47982a2 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/chem-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/chem-ini.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local P, R, V, Cc, Cs = lpeg.P, lpeg.R, lpeg.V, lpeg.Cc, lpeg.Cs
 
 local trace_molecules = false  trackers.register("chemistry.molecules",  function(v) trace_molecules = v end)
 
-local report_chemistry = logs.new("chemistry")
+local report_chemistry = logs.reporter("chemistry")
 
 local context = context
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/chem-str.lua b/tex/context/base/chem-str.lua
index 0e5f36434..44849c067 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/chem-str.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/chem-str.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['chem-str'] = {
 local trace_structure = false  trackers.register("chemistry.structure",  function(v) trace_structure = v end)
 local trace_textstack = false  trackers.register("chemistry.textstack",  function(v) trace_textstack = v end)
 
-local report_chemistry = logs.new("chemistry")
+local report_chemistry = logs.reporter("chemistry")
 
 local format, gmatch, match, lower, gsub = string.format, string.gmatch, string.match, string.lower, string.gsub
 local concat, insert, remove = table.concat, table.insert, table.remove
diff --git a/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua
index 5d84bc9fa..b7f9ee44b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ local xmlcatcodes    = tex.xmlcatcodes
 
 local flush          = texsprint
 
-local report_context = logs.new("cld","tex")
-local report_cld     = logs.new("cld","stack")
+local report_context = logs.reporter("cld","tex")
+local report_cld     = logs.reporter("cld","stack")
 
 local processlines   = true -- experiments.register("context.processlines", function(v) processlines = v end)
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/colo-icc.lua b/tex/context/base/colo-icc.lua
index 4687bfe3f..2ce34e8cd 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/colo-icc.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/colo-icc.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local readstring, readnumber = io.readstring, io.readnumber
 
 local colors = attributes and attributes.colors or { } -- when used in mtxrun
 
-local report_colors = logs.new("colors","icc")
+local report_colors = logs.reporter("colors","icc")
 
 local R, Cs, lpegmatch = lpeg.R, lpeg.Cs, lpeg.match
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/colo-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/colo-ini.lua
index eed68d4c6..75cee7b23 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/colo-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/colo-ini.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local lpegmatch, lpegpatterns = lpeg.match, lpeg.patterns
 
 local trace_define = false  trackers.register("colors.define",function(v) trace_define = v end)
 
-local report_colors = logs.new("colors","defining")
+local report_colors = logs.reporter("colors","defining")
 
 local attributes, context, commands = attributes, context, commands
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/core-ctx.lua b/tex/context/base/core-ctx.lua
index b6ea7e66b..1ee8e9698 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/core-ctx.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/core-ctx.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['core-ctx'] = {
 
 local trace_prepfiles = false  trackers.register("system.prepfiles", function(v) trace_prepfiles = v end)
 
-local report_prepfiles = logs.new("system","prepfiles")
+local report_prepfiles = logs.reporter("system","prepfiles")
 
 commands       = commands or { }
 local commands = commands
diff --git a/tex/context/base/core-job.lua b/tex/context/base/core-job.lua
index 56e71f8ae..f56d2ca1f 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/core-job.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/core-job.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ resolvers.maxreadlevel = 3
 
 directives.register("resolvers.maxreadlevel", function(v) resolvers.maxreadlevel = tonumber(v) or resolvers.maxreadlevel end)
 
-local report_examodes = logs.new("system","examodes") -- maybe another category
+local report_examodes = logs.reporter("system","examodes") -- maybe another category
 
 local function exists(n)
     if io.exists(n) then
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function commands.loadexamodes(filename)
     end
 end
 
-local report_options = logs.new("system","options")
+local report_options = logs.reporter("system","options")
 
 function commands.logoptionfile(name)
     -- todo: xml if xml logmode
diff --git a/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua b/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua
index f302d6051..cae744176 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ local serialize = table.serialize
 local packers = utilities.packers
 local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
-local report_jobcontrol = logs.new("jobcontrol")
+local report_jobcontrol = logs.reporter("jobcontrol")
 
 job         = job or { }
 local job   = job
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-aux.lua b/tex/context/base/data-aux.lua
index 480005a45..058033afe 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-aux.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-aux.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
-local report_scripts = logs.new("resolvers","scripts")
+local report_scripts = logs.reporter("resolvers","scripts")
 
 function resolvers.updatescript(oldname,newname) -- oldname -> own.name, not per se a suffix
     local scriptpath = "scripts/context/lua"
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-con.lua b/tex/context/base/data-con.lua
index 673361d74..ed4f2dec0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-con.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-con.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ containers          = containers or { }
 local containers    = containers
 containers.usecache = true
 
-local report_containers = logs.new("resolvers","containers")
+local report_containers = logs.reporter("resolvers","containers")
 
 local function report(container,tag,name)
     if trace_cache or trace_containers then
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-ctx.lua b/tex/context/base/data-ctx.lua
index 6b9dc23ab..adf334d8e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-ctx.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-ctx.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['data-ctx'] = {
 
 local format = string.format
 
-local report_dump = logs.new("resolvers","dump")
+local report_dump = logs.reporter("resolvers","dump")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua b/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua
index 7ddf7e319..e81389682 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local collapsepath = file.collapsepath
 local trace_locating   = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating",   function(v) trace_locating   = v end)
 local trace_expansions = false  trackers.register("resolvers.expansions", function(v) trace_expansions = v end)
 
-local report_expansions = logs.new("resolvers","expansions")
+local report_expansions = logs.reporter("resolvers","expansions")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-fil.lua b/tex/context/base/data-fil.lua
index c9d8b23e1..0e82008f3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-fil.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-fil.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['data-fil'] = {
 
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_files = logs.new("resolvers","files")
+local report_files = logs.reporter("resolvers","files")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua
index 5579ea964..7b114e47b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local trace_locating   = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating",   functi
 local trace_detail     = false  trackers.register("resolvers.details",    function(v) trace_detail     = v end)
 local trace_expansions = false  trackers.register("resolvers.expansions", function(v) trace_expansions = v end)
 
-local report_initialization = logs.new("resolvers","initialization")
+local report_initialization = logs.reporter("resolvers","initialization")
 
 local ostype, osname, ossetenv, osgetenv = os.type, os.name, os.setenv, os.getenv
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua b/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua
index e2ad5164e..3f9425340 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ resolvers.listers = resolvers.listers or { }
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
-local report_lists = logs.new("resolvers","lists")
+local report_lists = logs.reporter("resolvers","lists")
 
 local function tabstr(str)
     if type(str) == 'table' then
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-lua.lua b/tex/context/base/data-lua.lua
index ead64fe42..065714407 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-lua.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-lua.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['data-lua'] = {
 
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_libraries = logs.new("resolvers","libraries")
+local report_libraries = logs.reporter("resolvers","libraries")
 
 local gsub, insert = string.gsub, table.insert
 local unpack = unpack or table.unpack
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-met.lua b/tex/context/base/data-met.lua
index f9906c854..5437d9a29 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-met.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-met.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ trackers.register("resolvers.methods",  function(v) trace_methods = v end)
 
 --~ trace_methods = true
 
-local report_methods = logs.new("resolvers","methods")
+local report_methods = logs.reporter("resolvers","methods")
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-res.lua b/tex/context/base/data-res.lua
index cd63941da..0683a08b7 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-res.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-res.lua
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ local trace_locating   = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating",   functi
 local trace_detail     = false  trackers.register("resolvers.details",    function(v) trace_detail     = v end)
 local trace_expansions = false  trackers.register("resolvers.expansions", function(v) trace_expansions = v end)
 
-local report_resolving = logs.new("resolvers","resolving")
+local report_resolving = logs.reporter("resolvers","resolving")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-sch.lua b/tex/context/base/data-sch.lua
index 7d777319f..1f4a77a79 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-sch.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-sch.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local finders, openers, loaders = resolvers.finders, resolvers.openers, resolver
 
 local trace_schemes = false  trackers.register("resolvers.schemes",function(v) trace_schemes = v end)
 
-local report_schemes = logs.new("resolvers","schemes")
+local report_schemes = logs.reporter("resolvers","schemes")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-tex.lua b/tex/context/base/data-tex.lua
index 38ecaed74..d6c375b52 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-tex.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-tex.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['data-tex'] = {
 
 local trace_locating = false trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_tex = logs.new("resolvers","tex")
+local report_tex = logs.reporter("resolvers","tex")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-tmf.lua b/tex/context/base/data-tmf.lua
index 4c39b57cf..9391e881e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-tmf.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-tmf.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['data-tmf'] = {
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
-local report_tds = logs.new("resolvers","tds")
+local report_tds = logs.reporter("resolvers","tds")
 
 --  =  <<
 --  ?  ??
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-tmp.lua b/tex/context/base/data-tmp.lua
index 4084eda62..240493195 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-tmp.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-tmp.lua
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ local mkdirs, isdir = dir.mkdirs, lfs.isdir
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 local trace_cache    = false  trackers.register("resolvers.cache",    function(v) trace_cache    = v end)
 
-local report_caches    = logs.new("resolvers","caches")
-local report_resolvers = logs.new("resolvers","caching")
+local report_caches    = logs.reporter("resolvers","caches")
+local report_resolvers = logs.reporter("resolvers","caching")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-tre.lua b/tex/context/base/data-tre.lua
index 3de7bc5b5..88bf4f112 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-tre.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-tre.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local find, gsub, format = string.find, string.gsub, string.format
 
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_trees = logs.new("resolvers","trees")
+local report_trees = logs.reporter("resolvers","trees")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-use.lua b/tex/context/base/data-use.lua
index 9a31b13c8..d2a9b7571 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-use.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-use.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local format, lower, gsub, find = string.format, string.lower, string.gsub, stri
 
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_mounts = logs.new("resolvers","mounts")
+local report_mounts = logs.reporter("resolvers","mounts")
 
 local resolvers = resolvers
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-vir.lua b/tex/context/base/data-vir.lua
index 2a7ee1d8b..5a288953f 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-vir.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-vir.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['data-vir'] = {
 local format = string.format
 
 local trace_virtual  = false
-local report_virtual = logs.new("resolvers","virtual")
+local report_virtual = logs.reporter("resolvers","virtual")
 
 trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_virtual = v end)
 trackers.register("resolvers.virtual",  function(v) trace_virtual = v end)
diff --git a/tex/context/base/data-zip.lua b/tex/context/base/data-zip.lua
index 706461aaf..6a50d2aa9 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/data-zip.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/data-zip.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local format, find, match = string.format, string.find, string.match
 
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_zip = logs.new("resolvers","zip")
+local report_zip = logs.reporter("resolvers","zip")
 
 -- zip:///oeps.zip?name=bla/bla.tex
 -- zip:///oeps.zip?tree=tex/texmf-local
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-afm.lua b/tex/context/base/font-afm.lua
index 31ed1332a..aaf947632 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-afm.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-afm.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ local trace_indexing = false  trackers.register("afm.indexing",   function(v) tr
 local trace_loading  = false  trackers.register("afm.loading",    function(v) trace_loading  = v end)
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 
-local report_afm = logs.new("fonts","afm loading")
+local report_afm = logs.reporter("fonts","afm loading")
 
 local next, type = next, type
 local format, match, gmatch, lower, gsub, strip = string.format, string.match, string.gmatch, string.lower, string.gsub, string.strip
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-chk.lua b/tex/context/base/font-chk.lua
index b3a08e50c..d6a0cdcc8 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-chk.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-chk.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-chk'] = {
 
 -- possible optimization: delayed initialization of vectors
 
-local report_fonts = logs.new("fonts","checking")
+local report_fonts = logs.reporter("fonts","checking")
 
 local fonts        = fonts
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-cid.lua b/tex/context/base/font-cid.lua
index ed9a25563..a9bd3c56e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-cid.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-cid.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local lpegmatch = lpeg.match
 
 local trace_loading = false  trackers.register("otf.loading",      function(v) trace_loading      = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 local fonts   = fonts
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-col.lua b/tex/context/base/font-col.lua
index 5b5eaf8ea..e1c2afe48 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-col.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-col.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ local settings_to_hash = utilities.parsers.settings_to_hash
 
 local trace_collecting = false  trackers.register("fonts.collecting", function(v) trace_collecting = v end)
 
-local report_fonts = logs.new("fonts","collections")
+local report_fonts = logs.reporter("fonts","collections")
 
 local fonts, context = fonts, context
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua b/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua
index 22b908825..4a88d3527 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) tr
 local trace_usage    = false  trackers.register("fonts.usage",    function(v) trace_usage    = v end)
 local trace_mapfiles = false  trackers.register("fonts.mapfiles", function(v) trace_mapfiles  = v end)
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
-local report_status   = logs.new("fonts","status")
-local report_mapfiles = logs.new("fonts","mapfiles")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
+local report_status   = logs.reporter("fonts","status")
+local report_mapfiles = logs.reporter("fonts","mapfiles")
 
 local fonts        = fonts
 local tfm          = fonts.tfm
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-def.lua b/tex/context/base/font-def.lua
index 09b23f8dc..61132e661 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-def.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-def.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ local directive_embedall = false  directives.register("fonts.embedall", function
 trackers.register("fonts.loading", "fonts.defining", "otf.loading", "afm.loading", "tfm.loading")
 trackers.register("fonts.all", "fonts.*", "otf.*", "afm.*", "tfm.*")
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>Here we deal with defining fonts. We do so by intercepting the
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-enc.lua b/tex/context/base/font-enc.lua
index a70d30c10..a18db6730 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-enc.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-enc.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ enc.known = utilities.storage.allocate { -- sort of obsolete
     t2a      = true,
     t2b      = true,
     t2c      = true,
-    unicode  = true
+    unicode  = true,
 }
 
 function enc.is_known(encoding)
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-enh.lua b/tex/context/base/font-enh.lua
index b745b8f6c..77c145c4b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-enh.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-enh.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local next, match = next, string.match
 
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 -- tfmdata has also fast access to indices and unicodes
 -- to be checked: otf -> tfm -> tfmscaled
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-ext.lua b/tex/context/base/font-ext.lua
index ff9a70108..eb1e9f447 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-ext.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-ext.lua
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 local trace_protrusion = false  trackers.register("fonts.protrusion", function(v) trace_protrusion = v end)
 local trace_expansion  = false  trackers.register("fonts.expansion",  function(v) trace_expansion  = v end)
 
-local report_expansions  = logs.new("fonts","expansions")
-local report_protrusions = logs.new("fonts","protrusions")
+local report_expansions  = logs.reporter("fonts","expansions")
+local report_protrusions = logs.reporter("fonts","protrusions")
 
 commands = commands or { }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ initializers.node.afm.expansion = initializers.common.expansion
 
 fonts.goodies.register("expansions",  function(...) return fonts.goodies.report("expansions", trace_expansion, ...) end)
 
-local report_opbd = logs.new("fonts","otf opbd")
+local report_opbd = logs.reporter("fonts","otf opbd")
 
 -- -- -- -- -- --
 -- protrusion
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-fbk.lua b/tex/context/base/font-fbk.lua
index 6092f7442..586af127b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-fbk.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-fbk.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local trace_combining_all = false  trackers.register("fonts.combining.all", func
 
 trackers.register("fonts.composing", "fonts.combining")
 
-local report_combining = logs.new("fonts","combining")
+local report_combining = logs.reporter("fonts","combining")
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-gds.lua b/tex/context/base/font-gds.lua
index 048eecd12..f5c5a3127 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-gds.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-gds.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local gmatch = string.gmatch
 
 local trace_goodies = false  trackers.register("fonts.goodies", function(v) trace_goodies = v end)
 
-local report_fonts = logs.new("fonts","goodies")
+local report_fonts = logs.reporter("fonts","goodies")
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/font-ini.lua
index 077be7c0c..3eee559a0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-ini.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local write_nl = texio.write_nl
 local lower = string.lower
 local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 fontloader.totable = fontloader.to_table
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-log.lua b/tex/context/base/font-log.lua
index d7fc16f58..0dbde8e39 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-log.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-log.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local next, format, lower, concat = next, string.format, string.lower, table.con
 
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 local fonts  = fonts
 fonts.logger = fonts.logger or { }
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-lua.lua b/tex/context/base/font-lua.lua
index fe07dd38b..a6fcc1642 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-lua.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-lua.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-lua'] = {
 
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 
-local report_lua = logs.new("fonts","lua loading")
+local report_lua = logs.reporter("fonts","lua loading")
 
 fonts.formats.lua = "lua"
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-map.lua b/tex/context/base/font-map.lua
index 48ba29a78..cabdbbac6 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-map.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-map.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local utfbyte = utf.byte
 local trace_loading    = false  trackers.register("otf.loading",    function(v) trace_loading    = v end)
 local trace_unimapping = false  trackers.register("otf.unimapping", function(v) trace_unimapping = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>Eventually this code will disappear because map files are kind
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-otb.lua b/tex/context/base/font-otb.lua
index 23326607f..8ee39b8c5 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-otb.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-otb.lua
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ local trace_ligatures    = false  trackers.register("otf.ligatures",    function
 local trace_kerns        = false  trackers.register("otf.kerns",        function(v) trace_kerns        = v end)
 local trace_preparing    = false  trackers.register("otf.preparing",    function(v) trace_preparing    = v end)
 
-local report_prepare = logs.new("fonts","otf prepare")
+local report_prepare = logs.reporter("fonts","otf prepare")
 
 local wildcard = "*"
 local default  = "dflt"
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-otc.lua b/tex/context/base/font-otc.lua
index 17e442978..93b942f9a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-otc.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-otc.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local trace_loading = false  trackers.register("otf.loading", function(v) trace_
 local fonts = fonts
 local otf   = fonts.otf
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 -- instead of "script = "DFLT", langs = { 'dflt' }" we now use wildcards (we used to
 -- have always); some day we can write a "force always when true" trick for other
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-otd.lua b/tex/context/base/font-otd.lua
index 299b703c6..475481643 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-otd.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-otd.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-otd'] = {
 
 local trace_dynamics = false  trackers.register("otf.dynamics", function(v) trace_dynamics = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 local fonts          = fonts
 local otf            = fonts.otf
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua b/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua
index 80046281a..68d3c730c 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ local trace_sequences  = false  trackers.register("otf.sequences",  function(v)
 local trace_math       = false  trackers.register("otf.math",       function(v) trace_math         = v end)
 local trace_defining   = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining     = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 local starttiming, stoptiming, elapsedtime = statistics.starttiming, statistics.stoptiming, statistics.elapsedtime
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-otn.lua b/tex/context/base/font-otn.lua
index c4abeba22..6c5ba12c8 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-otn.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-otn.lua
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ local trace_steps        = false  trackers.register("otf.steps",        function
 local trace_skips        = false  trackers.register("otf.skips",        function(v) trace_skips        = v end)
 local trace_directions   = false  trackers.register("otf.directions",   function(v) trace_directions   = v end)
 
-local report_direct   = logs.new("fonts","otf direct")
-local report_subchain = logs.new("fonts","otf subchain")
-local report_chain    = logs.new("fonts","otf chain")
-local report_process  = logs.new("fonts","otf process")
-local report_prepare  = logs.new("fonts","otf prepare")
+local report_direct   = logs.reporter("fonts","otf direct")
+local report_subchain = logs.reporter("fonts","otf subchain")
+local report_chain    = logs.reporter("fonts","otf chain")
+local report_process  = logs.reporter("fonts","otf process")
+local report_prepare  = logs.reporter("fonts","otf prepare")
 
 trackers.register("otf.verbose_chain", function(v) otf.setcontextchain(v and "verbose") end)
 trackers.register("otf.normal_chain",  function(v) otf.setcontextchain(v and "normal")  end)
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-otp.lua b/tex/context/base/font-otp.lua
index fe5ced658..221c127f2 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-otp.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-otp.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local sort, concat = table.sort, table.concat
 
 local trace_loading = false  trackers.register("otf.loading", function(v) trace_loading = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 fonts       = fonts     or { }  -- this module is also used in mtxrun
 local fonts = fonts
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua b/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua
index 5efdab3b4..ee83daaf6 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ local trace_names          = false  trackers.register("fonts.names",          fu
 local trace_warnings       = false  trackers.register("fonts.warnings",       function(v) trace_warnings       = v end)
 local trace_specifications = false  trackers.register("fonts.specifications", function(v) trace_specifications = v end)
 
-local report_names = logs.new("fonts","names")
+local report_names = logs.reporter("fonts","names")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>This module implements a name to filename resolver. Names are resolved
diff --git a/tex/context/base/font-tfm.lua b/tex/context/base/font-tfm.lua
index d7cd0c15e..7fa308c25 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/font-tfm.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/font-tfm.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 local trace_scaling  = false  trackers.register("fonts.scaling" , function(v) trace_scaling  = v end)
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 -- tfmdata has also fast access to indices and unicodes
 -- to be checked: otf -> tfm -> tfmscaled
diff --git a/tex/context/base/grph-fil.lua b/tex/context/base/grph-fil.lua
index 95141d03e..e036cf9a1 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/grph-fil.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/grph-fil.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local format, concat = string.format, table.concat
 
 local trace_run = false  trackers.register("graphic.runfile",function(v) trace_run = v end)
 
-local report_run = logs.new("graphics","run")
+local report_run = logs.reporter("graphics","run")
 
 local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/grph-inc.lua b/tex/context/base/grph-inc.lua
index 9546218ef..71ef9430a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/grph-inc.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/grph-inc.lua
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ local trace_programs   = false  trackers.register("graphics.programs",   functio
 local trace_conversion = false  trackers.register("graphics.conversion", function(v) trace_conversion = v end)
 local trace_inclusion  = false  trackers.register("graphics.inclusion",  function(v) trace_inclusion  = v end)
 
-local report_inclusion = logs.new("graphics","inclusion")
+local report_inclusion = logs.reporter("graphics","inclusion")
 
 local context, img = context, img
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/grph-u3d.lua b/tex/context/base/grph-u3d.lua
index 25a5addef..09bfd29e7 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/grph-u3d.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/grph-u3d.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['grph-u3d'] = {
 
 local trace_inclusion = false  trackers.register("figures.inclusion",  function(v) trace_inclusion = v end)
 
-local report_u3d = logs.new("graphics","u3d")
+local report_u3d = logs.reporter("graphics","u3d")
 
 local figures = figures
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/grph-wnd.lua b/tex/context/base/grph-wnd.lua
index 5e048ad46..0ea3f8c43 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/grph-wnd.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/grph-wnd.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local converters, suffixes = figures.converters, figures.suffixes
 
 local trace_conversion = false  trackers.register("figures.conversion", function(v) trace_conversion = v end)
 
-local report_wand = logs.new("graphics","wand")
+local report_wand = logs.reporter("graphics","wand")
 
 local function togray(oldname,newname)
     if lfs.isfile(oldname) then
diff --git a/tex/context/base/java-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/java-ini.lua
index cbe8ab30a..d69b5322c 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/java-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/java-ini.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local variables = interfaces.variables
 
 local trace_javascript = false  trackers.register("backends.javascript", function(v) trace_javascript = v end)
 
-local report_javascripts = logs.new("interactions","javascripts")
+local report_javascripts = logs.reporter("interactions","javascripts")
 
 interactions.javascripts = interactions.javascripts or { }
 local javascripts        = interactions.javascripts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function javascripts.usescripts(name)
             context.startnointerference()
             context.startreadingfile()
             context.input(foundname)
-            context.showcolormessage("javascript",1,name)
+            context.showmessage("javascripts",1,name)
             context.stopreadingfile()
             context.stopnointerference()
         end)
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lang-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/lang-ini.lua
index c3bed03a6..0a2d76508 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lang-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lang-ini.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ local settings_to_array = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array
 
 local trace_patterns = false  trackers.register("languages.patterns", function(v) trace_patterns = v end)
 
-local report_initialization = logs.new("languages","initialization")
+local report_initialization = logs.reporter("languages","initialization")
 
 local prehyphenchar, posthyphenchar = lang.prehyphenchar, lang.posthyphenchar -- global per language
 local lefthyphenmin, righthyphenmin = lang.lefthyphenmin, lang.righthyphenmin
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lang-lab.lua b/tex/context/base/lang-lab.lua
index 41cd40df7..58fff29cd 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lang-lab.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lang-lab.lua
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ languages.data   = languages.data   or { }
 
 local trace_labels = false  trackers.register("languages.labels", function(v) trace_labels = v end)
 
-local report_labels = logs.new("languages","labels")
+local report_labels = logs.reporter("languages","labels")
 
 function languages.labels.define()
     local variables = interfaces.variables
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lang-wrd.lua b/tex/context/base/lang-wrd.lua
index b8eb19353..558d5744f 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lang-wrd.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lang-wrd.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local concat = table.concat
 local lpegmatch = lpeg.match
 local P, S, Cs = lpeg.P, lpeg.S, lpeg.Cs
 
-local report_words = logs.new("languages","words")
+local report_words = logs.reporter("languages","words")
 
 local nodes, node, languages = nodes, node, languages
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua
index d020c8a78..60711044e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ local trace_references   = false  trackers.register("references.references",   f
 local trace_destinations = false  trackers.register("references.destinations", function(v) trace_destinations = v end)
 local trace_bookmarks    = false  trackers.register("references.bookmarks",    function(v) trace_bookmarks    = v end)
 
-local report_reference   = logs.new("backend","references")
-local report_destination = logs.new("backend","destinations")
-local report_bookmark    = logs.new("backend","bookmarks")
+local report_reference   = logs.reporter("backend","references")
+local report_destination = logs.reporter("backend","destinations")
+local report_bookmark    = logs.reporter("backend","bookmarks")
 
 local variables = interfaces.variables
 local constants = interfaces.constants
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-enc.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-enc.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..090fb15cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-enc.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['lpdf-enc'] = {
+    version   = 1.001,
+    comment   = "companion to lpdf-ini.mkiv",
+    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
+    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
+    license   = "see context related readme files"
+}
+
+-- delayed loading
+
+local pdfconstant = lpdf.constant
+
+return lpdf.dictionary {
+    Type = pdfconstant("Encoding"),
+    Differences = lpdf.array {
+        24,
+        pdfconstant("breve"),
+        pdfconstant("caron"),
+        pdfconstant("circumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("dotaccent"),
+        pdfconstant("hungarumlaut"),
+        pdfconstant("ogonek"),
+        pdfconstant("ring"),
+        pdfconstant("tilde"),
+        39,
+        pdfconstant("quotesingle"),
+        96,
+        pdfconstant("grave"),
+        128,
+        pdfconstant("bullet"),
+        pdfconstant("dagger"),
+        pdfconstant("daggerdbl"),
+        pdfconstant("ellipsis"),
+        pdfconstant("emdash"),
+        pdfconstant("endash"),
+        pdfconstant("florin"),
+        pdfconstant("fraction"),
+        pdfconstant("guilsinglleft"),
+        pdfconstant("guilsinglright"),
+        pdfconstant("minus"),
+        pdfconstant("perthousand"),
+        pdfconstant("quotedblbase"),
+        pdfconstant("quotedblleft"),
+        pdfconstant("quotedblright"),
+        pdfconstant("quoteleft"),
+        pdfconstant("quoteright"),
+        pdfconstant("quotesinglbase"),
+        pdfconstant("trademark"),
+        pdfconstant("fi"),
+        pdfconstant("fl"),
+        pdfconstant("Lslash"),
+        pdfconstant("OE"),
+        pdfconstant("Scaron"),
+        pdfconstant("Ydieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("Zcaron"),
+        pdfconstant("dotlessi"),
+        pdfconstant("lslash"),
+        pdfconstant("oe"),
+        pdfconstant("scaron"),
+        pdfconstant("zcaron"),
+        160,
+        pdfconstant("Euro"),
+        164,
+        pdfconstant("currency"),
+        166,
+        pdfconstant("brokenbar"),
+        168,
+        pdfconstant("dieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("copyright"),
+        pdfconstant("ordfeminine"),
+        172,
+        pdfconstant("logicalnot"),
+        pdfconstant(".notdef"),
+        pdfconstant("registered"),
+        pdfconstant("macron"),
+        pdfconstant("degree"),
+        pdfconstant("plusminus"),
+        pdfconstant("twosuperior"),
+        pdfconstant("threesuperior"),
+        pdfconstant("acute"),
+        pdfconstant("mu"),
+        183,
+        pdfconstant("periodcentered"),
+        pdfconstant("cedilla"),
+        pdfconstant("onesuperior"),
+        pdfconstant("ordmasculine"),
+        188,
+        pdfconstant("onequarter"),
+        pdfconstant("onehalf"),
+        pdfconstant("threequarters"),
+        192,
+        pdfconstant("Agrave"),
+        pdfconstant("Aacute"),
+        pdfconstant("Acircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("Atilde"),
+        pdfconstant("Adieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("Aring"),
+        pdfconstant("AE"),
+        pdfconstant("Ccedilla"),
+        pdfconstant("Egrave"),
+        pdfconstant("Eacute"),
+        pdfconstant("Ecircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("Edieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("Igrave"),
+        pdfconstant("Iacute"),
+        pdfconstant("Icircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("Idieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("Eth"),
+        pdfconstant("Ntilde"),
+        pdfconstant("Ograve"),
+        pdfconstant("Oacute"),
+        pdfconstant("Ocircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("Otilde"),
+        pdfconstant("Odieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("multiply"),
+        pdfconstant("Oslash"),
+        pdfconstant("Ugrave"),
+        pdfconstant("Uacute"),
+        pdfconstant("Ucircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("Udieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("Yacute"),
+        pdfconstant("Thorn"),
+        pdfconstant("germandbls"),
+        pdfconstant("agrave"),
+        pdfconstant("aacute"),
+        pdfconstant("acircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("atilde"),
+        pdfconstant("adieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("aring"),
+        pdfconstant("ae"),
+        pdfconstant("ccedilla"),
+        pdfconstant("egrave"),
+        pdfconstant("eacute"),
+        pdfconstant("ecircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("edieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("igrave"),
+        pdfconstant("iacute"),
+        pdfconstant("icircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("idieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("eth"),
+        pdfconstant("ntilde"),
+        pdfconstant("ograve"),
+        pdfconstant("oacute"),
+        pdfconstant("ocircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("otilde"),
+        pdfconstant("odieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("divide"),
+        pdfconstant("oslash"),
+        pdfconstant("ugrave"),
+        pdfconstant("uacute"),
+        pdfconstant("ucircumflex"),
+        pdfconstant("udieresis"),
+        pdfconstant("yacute"),
+        pdfconstant("thorn"),
+        pdfconstant("ydieresis"),
+    },
+}
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-epa.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-epa.lua
index 14d0da84f..6afdb23d3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-epa.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-epa.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local format = string.format
 
 local trace_links = false  trackers.register("figures.links", function(v) trace_links = v end)
 
-local report_link = logs.new("backend","merging")
+local report_link = logs.reporter("backend","merging")
 
 local backends, lpdf = backends, lpdf
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-fld.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-fld.lua
index 8b2ccaaec..c189b8a67 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-fld.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-fld.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local bpfactor, todimen = number.dimenfactors.bp, string.todimen
 
 local trace_fields = false  trackers.register("widgets.fields",   function(v) trace_fields   = v end)
 
-local report_fields = logs.new("backend","fields")
+local report_fields = logs.reporter("backend","fields")
 
 local backends, lpdf = backends, lpdf
 
@@ -180,154 +180,11 @@ end
 
 local pdfdocencodingvector, pdfdocencodingcapsule
 
+-- we could save some bytes by pasing the vector as string
+
 local function checkpdfdocencoding()
-    -- not using pdfconstant for all these names saves us quite
-    -- some bytecode
-    local encoding = pdfdictionary {
-        Type = pdfconstant("Encoding"),
-        Differences = pdfarray {
-            24,
-            "/breve",
-            "/caron",
-            "/circumflex",
-            "/dotaccent",
-            "/hungarumlaut",
-            "/ogonek",
-            "/ring",
-            "/tilde",
-            39,
-            "/quotesingle",
-            96,
-            "/grave",
-            128,
-            "/bullet",
-            "/dagger",
-            "/daggerdbl",
-            "/ellipsis",
-            "/emdash",
-            "/endash",
-            "/florin",
-            "/fraction",
-            "/guilsinglleft",
-            "/guilsinglright",
-            "/minus",
-            "/perthousand",
-            "/quotedblbase",
-            "/quotedblleft",
-            "/quotedblright",
-            "/quoteleft",
-            "/quoteright",
-            "/quotesinglbase",
-            "/trademark",
-            "/fi",
-            "/fl",
-            "/Lslash",
-            "/OE",
-            "/Scaron",
-            "/Ydieresis",
-            "/Zcaron",
-            "/dotlessi",
-            "/lslash",
-            "/oe",
-            "/scaron",
-            "/zcaron",
-            160,
-            "/Euro",
-            164,
-            "/currency",
-            166,
-            "/brokenbar",
-            168,
-            "/dieresis",
-            "/copyright",
-            "/ordfeminine",
-            172,
-            "/logicalnot",
-            "/.notdef",
-            "/registered",
-            "/macron",
-            "/degree",
-            "/plusminus",
-            "/twosuperior",
-            "/threesuperior",
-            "/acute",
-            "/mu",
-            183,
-            "/periodcentered",
-            "/cedilla",
-            "/onesuperior",
-            "/ordmasculine",
-            188,
-            "/onequarter",
-            "/onehalf",
-            "/threequarters",
-            192,
-            "/Agrave",
-            "/Aacute",
-            "/Acircumflex",
-            "/Atilde",
-            "/Adieresis",
-            "/Aring",
-            "/AE",
-            "/Ccedilla",
-            "/Egrave",
-            "/Eacute",
-            "/Ecircumflex",
-            "/Edieresis",
-            "/Igrave",
-            "/Iacute",
-            "/Icircumflex",
-            "/Idieresis",
-            "/Eth",
-            "/Ntilde",
-            "/Ograve",
-            "/Oacute",
-            "/Ocircumflex",
-            "/Otilde",
-            "/Odieresis",
-            "/multiply",
-            "/Oslash",
-            "/Ugrave",
-            "/Uacute",
-            "/Ucircumflex",
-            "/Udieresis",
-            "/Yacute",
-            "/Thorn",
-            "/germandbls",
-            "/agrave",
-            "/aacute",
-            "/acircumflex",
-            "/atilde",
-            "/adieresis",
-            "/aring",
-            "/ae",
-            "/ccedilla",
-            "/egrave",
-            "/eacute",
-            "/ecircumflex",
-            "/edieresis",
-            "/igrave",
-            "/iacute",
-            "/icircumflex",
-            "/idieresis",
-            "/eth",
-            "/ntilde",
-            "/ograve",
-            "/oacute",
-            "/ocircumflex",
-            "/otilde",
-            "/odieresis",
-            "/divide",
-            "/oslash",
-            "/ugrave",
-            "/uacute",
-            "/ucircumflex",
-            "/udieresis",
-            "/yacute",
-            "/thorn",
-            "/ydieresis",
-        },
-    }
+    report_fields("adding pdfdoc encoding vector")
+    local encoding = dofile(resolvers.findfile("lpdf-enc.lua")) -- no checking, fatal if not present
     pdfdocencodingvector = pdfreference(pdfflushobject(encoding))
     local capsule = pdfdictionary {
         PDFDocEncoding = pdfdocencodingvector
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-fmt.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-fmt.lua
index 8f0a57bf4..8250ce775 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-fmt.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-fmt.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['lpdf-fmt'] = {
 local trace_format    = false  trackers.register("backend.format",    function(v) trace_format    = v end)
 local trace_variables = false  trackers.register("backend.variables", function(v) trace_variables = v end)
 
-local report_backend = logs.new("backend","profiles")
+local report_backend = logs.reporter("backend","profiles")
 
 local backends, lpdf = backends, lpdf
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua
index 044ff5c68..0871ea6f0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ local trace_resources  = false  trackers.register("backend.resources",  function
 local trace_objects    = false  trackers.register("backend.objects",    function(v) trace_objects    = v end)
 local trace_detail     = false  trackers.register("backend.detail",     function(v) trace_detail     = v end)
 
-local report_objects    = logs.new("backend","objects")
-local report_finalizing = logs.new("backend","finalizing")
+local report_objects    = logs.reporter("backend","objects")
+local report_finalizing = logs.reporter("backend","finalizing")
 
 local backends, context = backends, context
 
@@ -510,9 +510,6 @@ end
 resetpageproperties()
 
 local function setpageproperties()
---~     texset("global", "pdfpageresources", pageresources  ())
---~     texset("global", "pdfpageattr",      pageattributes ())
---~     texset("global", "pdfpagesattr",     pagesattributes())
     pdf.pageresources   = pageresources  ()
     pdf.pageattributes  = pageattributes ()
     pdf.pagesattributes = pagesattributes()
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-tag.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-tag.lua
index e2afddc51..06f3377bc 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-tag.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-tag.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local utfchar = utf.char
 
 local trace_tags = false  trackers.register("structures.tags", function(v) trace_tags = v end)
 
-local report_tags = logs.new("backend","tags")
+local report_tags = logs.reporter("backend","tags")
 
 local backends, lpdf, nodes = backends, lpdf, nodes
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-wid.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-wid.lua
index a9e9db2f0..684fa8025 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-wid.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-wid.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local texbox, texcount = tex.box, tex.count
 local settings_to_array = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array
 local settings_to_hash = utilities.parsers.settings_to_hash
 
-local report_media = logs.new("backend","media")
+local report_media = logs.reporter("backend","media")
 
 local backends, lpdf, nodes = backends, lpdf, nodes
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lpdf-xmp.lua b/tex/context/base/lpdf-xmp.lua
index e216b5e01..160a5ece1 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lpdf-xmp.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lpdf-xmp.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local xmlfillin = xml.fillin
 
 local trace_xmp = false  trackers.register("backend.xmp", function(v) trace_xmp = v end)
 
-local report_xmp = logs.new("backend","xmp")
+local report_xmp = logs.reporter("backend","xmp")
 
 local lpdf = lpdf
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-cbk.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-cbk.lua
index ef2a8502f..031a24e0d 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-cbk.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-cbk.lua
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ local round = math.round
 
 local trace_checking = false  trackers.register("memory.checking", function(v) trace_checking = v end)
 
-local report_callbacks = logs.new("system","callbacks")
-local report_memory    = logs.new("system","memory")
+local report_callbacks = logs.reporter("system","callbacks")
+local report_memory    = logs.reporter("system","memory")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>Callbacks are the real asset of <l n='luatex'/>. They permit you to hook
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-dum.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-dum.lua
index 1d1a98e80..f986af864 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-dum.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-dum.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ storage = { -- probably no longer needed
 }
 logs = {
     new           = function() return dummyfunction end,
+    reporter      = function() return dummyfunction end,
+    messenger     = function() return dummyfunction end,
     report        = dummyfunction,
 }
 callbacks = {
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-env.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-env.lua
index f5c8cf888..4f1b661c2 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-env.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-env.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['luat-env'] = {
 
 local trace_locating = false  trackers.register("resolvers.locating", function(v) trace_locating = v end)
 
-local report_lua = logs.new("resolvers","lua")
+local report_lua = logs.reporter("resolvers","lua")
 
 local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-exe.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-exe.lua
index f0841f3d0..42c17ded5 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-exe.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-exe.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['luat-exe'] = {
 local match, find, gmatch = string.match, string.find, string.gmatch
 local concat = table.concat
 
-local report_executers = logs.new("system","executers")
+local report_executers = logs.reporter("system","executers")
 
 resolvers.executers = resolvers.executers or { }
 local executers     = resolvers.executers
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-fmt.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-fmt.lua
index 1c0e106a6..cfb9a0bb7 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-fmt.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-fmt.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['luat-fmt'] = {
 
 local format = string.format
 
-local report_format = logs.new("resolvers","formats")
+local report_format = logs.reporter("resolvers","formats")
 
 -- helper for mtxrun
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-mac.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-mac.lua
index ef34afc89..1b9e09951 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-mac.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-mac.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local insert, remove = table.insert, table.remove
 local rep, sub = string.rep, string.sub
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
 
-local report_macros = logs.new("interface","macros")
+local report_macros = logs.reporter("interface","macros")
 
 local stack, top, n, hashes = { }, nil, 0, { }
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-run.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-run.lua
index 172357798..65ac641c9 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-run.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-run.lua
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ local insert = table.insert
 local trace_lua_dump   = false  trackers.register("system.dump",      function(v) trace_lua_dump   = v end)
 local trace_temp_files = false  trackers.register("system.tempfiles", function(v) trace_temp_files = v end)
 
-local report_lua       = logs.new("system","lua")
-local report_tempfiles = logs.new("resolvers","tempfiles")
+local report_lua       = logs.reporter("system","lua")
+local report_tempfiles = logs.reporter("resolvers","tempfiles")
 
 luatex       = luatex or { }
 local luatex = luatex
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ end
 local function report_output_log()
 end
 
+--~ local function show_open()
+--~ end
+
+--~ local function show_close()
+--~ end
+
 local function pre_dump_actions()
     lua.finalize(trace_lua_dump and report_lua or nil)
     statistics.reportstorage("log")
@@ -78,6 +84,9 @@ end
 callbacks.register('start_run',             start_run,           "actions performed at the beginning of a run")
 callbacks.register('stop_run',              stop_run,            "actions performed at the end of a run")
 
+--~ callbacks.register('show_open',             show_open,           "actions performed when opening a file")
+--~ callbacks.register('show_close',            show_close,          "actions performed when closing a file")
+
 callbacks.register('report_output_pages',   report_output_pages, "actions performed when reporting pages")
 callbacks.register('report_output_log',     report_output_log,   "actions performed when reporting log file")
 
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ luatex.registerstopactions(luatex.cleanuptempfiles)
 
 local synctex = false
 
-local report_system = logs.new("system")
+local report_system = logs.reporter("system")
 
 directives.register("system.synctex", function(v)
     synctex = v
diff --git a/tex/context/base/luat-sto.lua b/tex/context/base/luat-sto.lua
index de08af8ce..946ce3756 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/luat-sto.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/luat-sto.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local gmatch, format, write_nl = string.gmatch, string.format, texio.write_nl
 local serialize, concat = table.serialize, table.concat
 local bytecode = lua.bytecode
 
-local report_storage = logs.new("system","storage")
+local report_storage = logs.reporter("system","storage")
 
 storage            = storage or { }
 local storage      = storage
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lxml-aux.lua b/tex/context/base/lxml-aux.lua
index 521fb71ab..a8223c4b4 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lxml-aux.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lxml-aux.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['lxml-aux'] = {
 
 local trace_manipulations = false  trackers.register("lxml.manipulations", function(v) trace_manipulations = v end)
 
-local report_xml = logs.new("xml")
+local report_xml = logs.reporter("xml")
 
 local xml = xml
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lxml-dir.lua b/tex/context/base/lxml-dir.lua
index 80e9577b9..0924931c1 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lxml-dir.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lxml-dir.lua
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ local lxml = lxml
 lxml.directives  = lxml.directives or { }
 local directives = lxml.directives
 
-local report_lxml = logs.new("xml","tex")
+local report_lxml = logs.reporter("xml","tex")
 
 local data = {
     setup  = { },
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lxml-ent.lua b/tex/context/base/lxml-ent.lua
index 487d13983..5b24d9d68 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lxml-ent.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lxml-ent.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ original entity is returned.</p>
 
 local trace_entities = false  trackers.register("xml.entities", function(v) trace_entities = v end)
 
-local report_xml = logs.new("xml")
+local report_xml = logs.reporter("xml")
 
 local xml = xml
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lxml-lpt.lua b/tex/context/base/lxml-lpt.lua
index 91f97b4a2..0f65a741d 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lxml-lpt.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lxml-lpt.lua
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ local trace_lpath    = false  if trackers then trackers.register("xml.path",
 local trace_lparse   = false  if trackers then trackers.register("xml.parse",   function(v) trace_lparse = v end) end
 local trace_lprofile = false  if trackers then trackers.register("xml.profile", function(v) trace_lpath  = v trace_lparse = v trace_lprofile = v end) end
 
-local report_lpath = logs.new("xml","lpath")
+local report_lpath = logs.reporter("xml","lpath")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>We've now arrived at an interesting part: accessing the tree using a subset
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lxml-tab.lua b/tex/context/base/lxml-tab.lua
index 422fb14bf..7d38a8d5a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lxml-tab.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lxml-tab.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['lxml-tab'] = {
 
 local trace_entities = false  trackers.register("xml.entities", function(v) trace_entities = v end)
 
-local report_xml = logs and logs.new("xml","core") or function(...) print(format(...)) end
+local report_xml = logs and logs.reporter("xml","core") or function(...) print(format(...)) end
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>The parser used here is inspired by the variant discussed in the lua book, but
diff --git a/tex/context/base/lxml-tex.lua b/tex/context/base/lxml-tex.lua
index a3adaf20a..b4cbbbdd3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/lxml-tex.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/lxml-tex.lua
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ local trace_loading  = false  trackers.register("lxml.loading",  function(v) tra
 local trace_access   = false  trackers.register("lxml.access",   function(v) trace_access   = v end)
 local trace_comments = false  trackers.register("lxml.comments", function(v) trace_comments = v end)
 
-local report_lxml = logs.new("xml","tex")
+local report_lxml = logs.reporter("xml","tex")
 
 lxml.loaded  = lxml.loaded or { }
 local loaded = lxml.loaded
diff --git a/tex/context/base/m-database.lua b/tex/context/base/m-database.lua
index 59e875ee4..8dde9690e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/m-database.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/m-database.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local sprint, ctxcatcodes = tex.sprint, tex.ctxcatcodes
 
 local trace_flush = false  trackers.register("module.database.flush", function(v) trace_flush = v end)
 
-local report_database = logs.new("database")
+local report_database = logs.reporter("database")
 
 buffers.database = buffers.database or { }
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/m-pstricks.lua b/tex/context/base/m-pstricks.lua
index 360c566ee..ab2719084 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/m-pstricks.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/m-pstricks.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ local variables = interfaces.variables
 
 moduledata.pstricks = moduledata.pstricks or { }
 
-local report_pstricks = logs.new("pstricks")
+local report_pstricks = logs.reporter("pstricks")
 
 local template = [[
 \starttext
diff --git a/tex/context/base/math-ext.lua b/tex/context/base/math-ext.lua
index 428bdad0a..75c6e4b26 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/math-ext.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/math-ext.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local trace_virtual = false trackers.register("math.virtual", function(v) trace_
 local mathematics = mathematics
 local characters  = characters
 
-local report_math = logs.new("mathematics")
+local report_math = logs.reporter("mathematics")
 
 mathematics.extras = mathematics.extras or { }
 local extras       = mathematics.extras
diff --git a/tex/context/base/math-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/math-ini.lua
index 693709c63..c34e39bea 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/math-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/math-ini.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("math.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 
-local report_math = logs.new("mathematics","initializing")
+local report_math = logs.reporter("mathematics","initializing")
 
 mathematics       = mathematics or { }
 local mathematics = mathematics
diff --git a/tex/context/base/math-map.lua b/tex/context/base/math-map.lua
index 2b3a5e478..b6d57bff5 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/math-map.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/math-map.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ local texattribute = tex.attribute
 
 local trace_greek  = false  trackers.register("math.greek",  function(v) trace_greek = v end)
 
-local report_remapping = logs.new("mathematics","remapping")
+local report_remapping = logs.reporter("mathematics","remapping")
 
 mathematics       = mathematics or { }
 local mathematics = mathematics
diff --git a/tex/context/base/math-noa.lua b/tex/context/base/math-noa.lua
index 1a337c8c9..6736181e6 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/math-noa.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/math-noa.lua
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ local trace_remapping  = false  trackers.register("math.remapping",  function(v)
 local trace_processing = false  trackers.register("math.processing", function(v) trace_processing = v end)
 local trace_analyzing  = false  trackers.register("math.analyzing",  function(v) trace_analyzing  = v end)
 
-local report_processing = logs.new("mathematics","processing")
-local report_remapping  = logs.new("mathematics","remapping")
+local report_processing = logs.reporter("mathematics","processing")
+local report_remapping  = logs.reporter("mathematics","remapping")
 
 local nodecodes     = nodes.nodecodes
 local noadcodes     = nodes.noadcodes
diff --git a/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua b/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua
index 6a4e50898..e072fe83b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local max = math.max
 local trace_virtual = false trackers.register("math.virtual", function(v) trace_virtual = v end)
 local trace_timings = false trackers.register("math.timings", function(v) trace_timings = v end)
 
-local report_virtual = logs.new("fonts","virtual math")
+local report_virtual = logs.reporter("fonts","virtual math")
 
 local fonts, nodes, mathematics = fonts, nodes, mathematics
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/meta-pdf.lua b/tex/context/base/meta-pdf.lua
index 47a398e2c..b554810ee 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/meta-pdf.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/meta-pdf.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local concat, format, gsub, find, byte, gmatch, match = table.concat, string.for
 local lpegmatch = lpeg.match
 local round = math.round
 
-local report_mptopdf = logs.new("graphics","mptopdf")
+local report_mptopdf = logs.reporter("graphics","mptopdf")
 
 local mplib, metapost, lpdf, context = mplib, metapost, lpdf, context
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mlib-ctx.lua b/tex/context/base/mlib-ctx.lua
index 3baf29c2d..1a5ce2a24 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mlib-ctx.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mlib-ctx.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['mlib-ctx'] = {
 local format, concat = string.format, table.concat
 local sprint = tex.sprint
 
-local report_metapost = logs.new("metapost")
+local report_metapost = logs.reporter("metapost")
 
 local starttiming, stoptiming = statistics.starttiming, statistics.stoptiming
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua b/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua
index 403dbf0bd..b7f2863ad 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local abs, sqrt, round = math.abs, math.sqrt, math.round
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
-local report_metapost = logs.new("metapost")
+local report_metapost = logs.reporter("metapost")
 
 local mplib, context = mplib, context
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua b/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua
index f5f5b3472..3eb861342 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ local context = context
 
 local trace_textexts = false  trackers.register("metapost.textexts", function(v) trace_textexts = v end)
 
-local report_metapost = logs.new("metapost")
+local report_metapost = logs.reporter("metapost")
 
 local colors = attributes.colors
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mlib-run.lua b/tex/context/base/mlib-run.lua
index 361298ed5..e35d92b28 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mlib-run.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mlib-run.lua
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ nears zero.</p>
 
 local trace_graphics = false  trackers.register("metapost.graphics", function(v) trace_graphics = v end)
 
-local report_metapost = logs.new("metapost")
+local report_metapost = logs.reporter("metapost")
 
 local texerrormessage = logs.texerrormessage
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua b/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua
index 4130aa12c..e16eac670 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local variables       = interfaces.variables
 
 local trace_namespaces = false  trackers.register("interfaces.namespaces", function(v) trace_namespaces = v end)
 
-local report_namespaces = logs.new("interface","namespaces")
+local report_namespaces = logs.reporter("interface","namespaces")
 
 local v_yes, v_list = variables.yes, variables.list
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mult-chk.lua b/tex/context/base/mult-chk.lua
index 9344a7b8a..efe17db34 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mult-chk.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mult-chk.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local make_settings_to_hash_pattern, settings_to_set = utilities.parsers.make_se
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
-local report_interface = logs.new("interface","checking")
+local report_interface = logs.reporter("interface","checking")
 
 interfaces = interfaces or { }
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mult-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/mult-ini.lua
index c6be54ee6..383ad0287 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mult-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mult-ini.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local serialize = table.serialize
 
 local texsprint = tex.sprint
 
-local report_interface = logs.new("interface","initialization")
+local report_interface = logs.reporter("interface","initialization")
 
 interfaces           = interfaces           or { }
 interfaces.messages  = interfaces.messages  or { }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ setmetatable(constants,valueiskey)
 setmetatable(elements, valueiskey)
 
 setmetatable(messages,  { __index = function(t,k) local v = { }         ; t[k] = v ; return v end })
-setmetatable(reporters, { __index = function(t,k) local v = logs.new(k) ; t[k] = v ; return v end })
+setmetatable(reporters, { __index = function(t,k) local v = logs.reporter(k) ; t[k] = v ; return v end })
 
 for category, m in next, messages do
     -- We pre-create reporters for already defined messages
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mult-mes.lua b/tex/context/base/mult-mes.lua
index 152090c81..14865704d 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mult-mes.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mult-mes.lua
@@ -917,39 +917,39 @@ return {
    ["ro"]="interactiuni",
   },
  },
---~  ["javascripts"]={
---~   ["1"]={
---~    ["cs"]="nacita se soubor skriptu %s",
---~    ["de"]="Lade Scriptdatei %s",
---~    ["en"]="loading script set %s",
---~    ["fr"]="chargement du jeu de script %s",
---~    ["it"]="caricamento dello script set %s",
---~    ["nl"]="script set %s wordt geladen",
---~    ["no"]="leser inn scriptsett %s",
---~    ["ro"]="se incarca scriptul %s",
---~   },
---~   ["2"]={
---~    ["cs"]="neznama preambule %s",
---~    ["de"]="unbekannte Preamble %s",
---~    ["en"]="unknown preamble %s",
---~    ["fr"]="préambule %s inconnu",
---~    ["it"]="preambolo sconosciuto %s",
---~    ["nl"]="onbekende preamble %s",
---~    ["no"]="ukjent 'preamble' %s",
---~    ["ro"]="preambul necunoscut %s",
---~   },
---~   ["files"]={ "java-ini.tex" },
---~   ["title"]={
---~    ["cs"]="javascripts",
---~    ["de"]="javascripts",
---~    ["en"]="javascripts",
---~    ["fr"]="javascripts",
---~    ["it"]="javascripts",
---~    ["nl"]="javascripts",
---~    ["no"]="javascripts",
---~    ["ro"]="javascripts",
---~   },
---~  },
+ ["javascripts"]={
+  ["1"]={
+   ["cs"]="nacita se soubor skriptu %s",
+   ["de"]="Lade Scriptdatei %s",
+   ["en"]="loading script set %s",
+   ["fr"]="chargement du jeu de script %s",
+   ["it"]="caricamento dello script set %s",
+   ["nl"]="script set %s wordt geladen",
+   ["no"]="leser inn scriptsett %s",
+   ["ro"]="se incarca scriptul %s",
+  },
+  ["2"]={
+   ["cs"]="neznama preambule %s",
+   ["de"]="unbekannte Preamble %s",
+   ["en"]="unknown preamble %s",
+   ["fr"]="préambule %s inconnu",
+   ["it"]="preambolo sconosciuto %s",
+   ["nl"]="onbekende preamble %s",
+   ["no"]="ukjent 'preamble' %s",
+   ["ro"]="preambul necunoscut %s",
+  },
+  ["files"]={ "java-ini.tex" },
+  ["title"]={
+   ["cs"]="javascripts",
+   ["de"]="javascripts",
+   ["en"]="javascripts",
+   ["fr"]="javascripts",
+   ["it"]="javascripts",
+   ["nl"]="javascripts",
+   ["no"]="javascripts",
+   ["ro"]="javascripts",
+  },
+ },
  ["layouts"]={
   ["1"]={
    ["cs"]="vyska textu prizpusobena s %s na strane %s",
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-fnt.lua b/tex/context/base/node-fnt.lua
index dfb57d9c5..8348e05c3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-fnt.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-fnt.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local concat = table.concat
 local trace_characters = false  trackers.register("nodes.characters", function(v) trace_characters = v end)
 local trace_fontrun    = false  trackers.register("nodes.fontrun",    function(v) trace_fontrun    = v end)
 
-local report_fonts  = logs.new("fonts","processing")
+local report_fonts  = logs.reporter("fonts","processing")
 
 local nodes, node   = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-inj.lua b/tex/context/base/node-inj.lua
index 836b01085..bf6a60987 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-inj.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-inj.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local next = next
 
 local trace_injections = false  trackers.register("nodes.injections", function(v) trace_injections = v end)
 
-local report_injections = logs.new("nodes","injections")
+local report_injections = logs.reporter("nodes","injections")
 
 local attributes, nodes, node = attributes, nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-mig.lua b/tex/context/base/node-mig.lua
index fb6b4570a..e93887694 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-mig.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-mig.lua
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local migrated      = attributes.private("migrated")
 
 local trace_migrations = false trackers.register("nodes.migrations", function(v) trace_migrations = v end)
 
-local report_nodes = logs.new("nodes","migrations")
+local report_nodes = logs.reporter("nodes","migrations")
 
 local migrate_inserts, migrate_marks
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-par.lua b/tex/context/base/node-par.lua
index 9a4c51759..b0879c750 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-par.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-par.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ local stoptiming         = statistics.stoptiming
 storage.register("builders/paragraphs/constructors/names",   names,   "builders.paragraphs.constructors.names")
 storage.register("builders/paragraphs/constructors/numbers", numbers, "builders.paragraphs.constructors.numbers")
 
-local report_parbuilders = logs.new("parbuilders")
+local report_parbuilders = logs.reporter("parbuilders")
 
 local mainconstructor = nil -- not stored in format
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-pro.lua b/tex/context/base/node-pro.lua
index 19ebcdd03..b316f2fe3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-pro.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-pro.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local format, concat = string.format, table.concat
 
 local trace_callbacks = false  trackers.register("nodes.callbacks", function(v) trace_callbacks = v end)
 
-local report_nodes = logs.new("nodes","processors")
+local report_nodes = logs.reporter("nodes","processors")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-ref.lua b/tex/context/base/node-ref.lua
index e0aa65c6c..c54614359 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-ref.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-ref.lua
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ local trace_backend      = false  trackers.register("nodes.backend",      functi
 local trace_references   = false  trackers.register("nodes.references",   function(v) trace_references   = v end)
 local trace_destinations = false  trackers.register("nodes.destinations", function(v) trace_destinations = v end)
 
-local report_reference   = logs.new("backend","references")
-local report_destination = logs.new("backend","destinations")
-local report_area        = logs.new("backend","areas")
+local report_reference   = logs.reporter("backend","references")
+local report_destination = logs.reporter("backend","destinations")
+local report_area        = logs.reporter("backend","areas")
 
 local nodecodes        = nodes.nodecodes
 local skipcodes        = nodes.skipcodes
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-res.lua b/tex/context/base/node-res.lua
index b4be0b920..7f52f6f64 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-res.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-res.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local tonumber, round = tonumber, math.round
 for debugging <l n='luatex'/> node management.</p>
 --ldx]]--
 
-local report_nodes = logs.new("nodes","housekeeping")
+local report_nodes = logs.reporter("nodes","housekeeping")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-rul.lua b/tex/context/base/node-rul.lua
index d7ef13453..deb5b4341 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-rul.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-rul.lua
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ end
 
 local trace_ruled = false  trackers.register("nodes.rules", function(v) trace_ruled = v end)
 
-local report_ruled   = logs.new("nodes","rules")
+local report_ruled   = logs.reporter("nodes","rules")
 
 local floor = math.floor
 local n_tostring, n_tosequence = nodes.idstostring, nodes.tosequence
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ end
 
 local trace_shifted = false  trackers.register("nodes.shifting", function(v) trace_shifted = v end)
 
-local report_shifted = logs.new("nodes","shifting")
+local report_shifted = logs.reporter("nodes","shifting")
 
 local a_shifted = attributes.private('shifted')
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-spl.lua b/tex/context/base/node-spl.lua
index 14bd3fbeb..d6fff9ede 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-spl.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-spl.lua
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ local trace_optimize = false  trackers.register("builders.paragraphs.solutions.s
 local trace_colors   = false  trackers.register("builders.paragraphs.solutions.splitters.colors",    function(v) trace_colors   = v end)
 local trace_goodies  = false  trackers.register("fonts.goodies",                                     function(v) trace_goodies  = v end)
 
-local report_solutions  = logs.new("fonts","solutions")
-local report_splitters  = logs.new("nodes","splitters")
-local report_optimizers = logs.new("nodes","optimizers")
+local report_solutions  = logs.reporter("fonts","solutions")
+local report_splitters  = logs.reporter("nodes","splitters")
+local report_optimizers = logs.reporter("nodes","optimizers")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-tra.lua b/tex/context/base/node-tra.lua
index c464d7736..ba081c884 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-tra.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-tra.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local format, match, gmatch, concat, rep = string.format, string.match, string.g
 local lpegmatch = lpeg.match
 local write_nl = texio.write_nl
 
-local report_nodes = logs.new("nodes","tracing")
+local report_nodes = logs.reporter("nodes","tracing")
 
 fonts = fonts or { }
 nodes = nodes or { }
diff --git a/tex/context/base/node-tsk.lua b/tex/context/base/node-tsk.lua
index 7792d1248..29a665ff0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/node-tsk.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/node-tsk.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['node-tsk'] = {
 
 local trace_tasks = false  trackers.register("tasks.creation", function(v) trace_tasks = v end)
 
-local report_tasks = logs.new("tasks")
+local report_tasks = logs.reporter("tasks")
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/page-flt.lua b/tex/context/base/page-flt.lua
index 02cf70840..67e2e5b6f 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/page-flt.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/page-flt.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local copy_node_list = node.copy_list
 
 local trace_floats = false  trackers.register("graphics.floats", function(v) trace_floats = v end) -- name might change
 
-local report_floats = logs.new("structure","floats")
+local report_floats = logs.reporter("structure","floats")
 
 local C, S, P, lpegmatch = lpeg.C, lpeg.S, lpeg.P, lpeg.match
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/page-lin.lua b/tex/context/base/page-lin.lua
index d31785329..676a4c7f6 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/page-lin.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/page-lin.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['page-lin'] = {
 
 local trace_numbers = false  trackers.register("lines.numbers",  function(v) trace_numbers = v end)
 
-local report_lines = logs.new("lines")
+local report_lines = logs.reporter("lines")
 
 local texbox = tex.box
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/page-str.lua b/tex/context/base/page-str.lua
index 4ee2919d1..7ce0f3c0f 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/page-str.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/page-str.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ local new_glyph = nodepool.glyph
 local trace_collecting = false  trackers.register("streams.collecting", function(v) trace_collecting = v end)
 local trace_flushing   = false  trackers.register("streams.flushing",   function(v) trace_flushing   = v end)
 
-local report_streams = logs.new("streams")
+local report_streams = logs.reporter("streams")
 
 streams       = streams or { } -- might move to the builders namespace
 local streams = streams
diff --git a/tex/context/base/regi-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/regi-ini.lua
index c6dae61c1..9cea70ef0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/regi-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/regi-ini.lua
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ local textlineactions = resolvers.openers.helpers.textlineactions
 
 local trace_translating = false  trackers.register("regimes.translating", function(v) trace_translating = v end)
 
-local report_loading     = logs.new("regimes","loading")
-local report_translating = logs.new("regimes","translating")
+local report_loading     = logs.reporter("regimes","loading")
+local report_translating = logs.reporter("regimes","translating")
 
 regimes        = regimes or { }
 local regimes  = regimes
diff --git a/tex/context/base/scrp-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/scrp-ini.lua
index 2d36fd973..650a9fd83 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/scrp-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/scrp-ini.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local texwrite = tex.write
 local trace_analyzing  = false  trackers.register("scripts.analyzing",  function(v) trace_analyzing  = v end)
 local trace_injections = false  trackers.register("scripts.injections", function(v) trace_injections = v end)
 
-local report_preprocessing = logs.new("scripts","preprocessing")
+local report_preprocessing = logs.reporter("scripts","preprocessing")
 
 local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua
index 793022e52..37443c257 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
 local trace_tests = false  trackers.register("sorters.tests", function(v) trace_tests = v end)
 
-local report_sorters = logs.new("languages","sorters")
+local report_sorters = logs.reporter("languages","sorters")
 
 local comparers         = { }
 local splitters         = { }
diff --git a/tex/context/base/spac-ver.lua b/tex/context/base/spac-ver.lua
index c10ff18fd..2f3f2a38a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/spac-ver.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/spac-ver.lua
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ local trace_vspacing         = false  trackers.register("builders.vspacing",
 local trace_vsnapping        = false  trackers.register("builders.vsnapping",        function(v) trace_vsnapping        = v end)
 local trace_vpacking         = false  trackers.register("builders.vpacking",         function(v) trace_vpacking         = v end)
 
-local report_vspacing     = logs.new("vspacing","spacing")
-local report_collapser    = logs.new("vspacing","collapsing")
-local report_snapper      = logs.new("vspacing","snapping")
+local report_vspacing     = logs.reporter("vspacing","spacing")
+local report_collapser    = logs.reporter("vspacing","collapsing")
+local report_snapper      = logs.reporter("vspacing","snapping")
 
 local a_skipcategory      = attributes.private('skipcategory')
 local a_skippenalty       = attributes.private('skippenalty')
diff --git a/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf b/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf
index 3df8fa58d..c588c7005 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf
+++ b/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-bkm.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-bkm.lua
index 84bb73e80..6a2cc3827 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-bkm.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-bkm.lua
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ local codeinjections = backends.codeinjections
 
 local trace_bookmarks = false  trackers.register("references.bookmarks", function(v) trace_bookmarks = v end)
 
-local report_bookmarks = logs.new("structure","bookmarks")
+local report_bookmarks = logs.reporter("structure","bookmarks")
 
 local structures     = structures
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-doc.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-doc.lua
index 8195bdecf..40b01fcbe 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-doc.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-doc.lua
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ local variables   = interfaces.variables
 local trace_sectioning = false  trackers.register("structures.sectioning", function(v) trace_sectioning = v end)
 local trace_detail     = false  trackers.register("structures.detail",     function(v) trace_detail     = v end)
 
-local report_structure = logs.new("structure","sectioning")
+local report_structure = logs.reporter("structure","sectioning")
 
 local structures, context = structures, context
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-ini.lua
index 69d7528dd..d213c925e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-ini.lua
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ local ctxcatcodes, xmlcatcodes, notcatcodes = tex.ctxcatcodes, tex.xmlcatcodes,
 
 local trace_processors = false  trackers.register("structures.processors", function(v) trace_processors = v end)
 
-local report_processors = logs.new("structure","processors")
+local report_processors = logs.reporter("structure","processors")
 
 -- move this
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua
index fca7f56e3..f09444f26 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ local allocate, mark, checked = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.ma
 
 local trace_lists = false  trackers.register("structures.lists", function(v) trace_lists = v end)
 
-local report_lists   = logs.new("structure","lists")
+local report_lists   = logs.reporter("structure","lists")
 
 local ctxcatcodes    = tex.ctxcatcodes
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-mar.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-mar.lua
index c14d93a43..983ffe97e 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-mar.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-mar.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ local trace_marks_set    = false  trackers.register("marks.set",    function(v)
 local trace_marks_get    = false  trackers.register("marks.get",    function(v) trace_marks_get = v end)
 local trace_marks_all    = false  trackers.register("marks.detail", function(v) trace_marks_all = v end)
 
-local report_marks       = logs.new("structure","marks")
+local report_marks       = logs.reporter("structure","marks")
 
 local variables          = interfaces.variables
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua
index ebc25dd5d..07cd32496 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local texcount = tex.count
 
 local trace_notes = false  trackers.register("structures.notes", function(v) trace_notes = v end)
 
-local report_notes = logs.new("structure","notes")
+local report_notes = logs.reporter("structure","notes")
 
 local structures = structures
 local helpers    = structures.helpers
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-num.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-num.lua
index 8f4f0e245..943e9fd4f 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-num.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-num.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
 local trace_counters = false  trackers.register("structures.counters", function(v) trace_counters = v end)
 
-local report_counters = logs.new("structure","counters")
+local report_counters = logs.reporter("structure","counters")
 
 local structures = structures
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-pag.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-pag.lua
index 19af8cbc4..b899b924b 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-pag.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-pag.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
 local trace_pages = false  trackers.register("structures.pages", function(v) trace_pages = v end)
 
-local report_pages = logs.new("structure","pages")
+local report_pages = logs.reporter("structure","pages")
 
 local structures  = structures
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua
index 522442982..d97de03ed 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 
 local trace_referencing = false  trackers.register("structures.referencing", function(v) trace_referencing = v end)
 
-local report_references = logs.new("structure","references")
+local report_references = logs.reporter("structure","references")
 
 local variables   = interfaces.variables
 local constants   = interfaces.constants
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua
index 3220b3f61..d37997baf 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
 local trace_registers = false  trackers.register("structures.registers", function(v) trace_registers = v end)
 
-local report_registers = logs.new("structure","registers")
+local report_registers = logs.reporter("structure","registers")
 
 local structures      = structures
 local registers       = structures.registers
diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-tag.lua b/tex/context/base/strc-tag.lua
index 5563cd834..1c30541c3 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/strc-tag.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/strc-tag.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local settings_to_hash = utilities.parsers.settings_to_hash
 
 local trace_tags = false  trackers.register("structures.tags", function(v) trace_tags = v end)
 
-local report_tags = logs.new("structure","tags")
+local report_tags = logs.reporter("structure","tags")
 
 local attributes, structures = attributes, structures
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/supp-box.lua b/tex/context/base/supp-box.lua
index be5bc2864..4d496d8de 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/supp-box.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/supp-box.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['supp-box'] = {
 
 -- this is preliminary code
 
-local report_hyphenation = logs.new("languages","hyphenation")
+local report_hyphenation = logs.reporter("languages","hyphenation")
 
 local nodecodes    = nodes.nodecodes
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/supp-fil.lua b/tex/context/base/supp-fil.lua
index 357de5eca..49427ddca 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/supp-fil.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/supp-fil.lua
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ local isfile = lfs.isfile
 local trace_modules = false  trackers.register("modules.loading",    function(v) trace_modules = v end)
 local trace_files   = false  trackers.register("resolvers.readfile", function(v) trace_files = v end)
 
-local report_modules = logs.new("resolvers","modules")
-local report_files   = logs.new("resolvers","files")
+local report_modules = logs.reporter("resolvers","modules")
+local report_files   = logs.reporter("resolvers","files")
 
 commands          = commands or { }
 local commands    = commands
diff --git a/tex/context/base/supp-ran.lua b/tex/context/base/supp-ran.lua
index 0be9f66fd..accd5c94c 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/supp-ran.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/supp-ran.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['supp-ran'] = {
 -- We cannot ask for the current seed, so we need some messy hack
 -- here.
 
-local report_system = logs.new("system","randomizer")
+local report_system = logs.reporter("system","randomizer")
 
 commands = commands or { }
 local commands = commands
diff --git a/tex/context/base/trac-deb.lua b/tex/context/base/trac-deb.lua
index fdcc5513e..87434a13d 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/trac-deb.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/trac-deb.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local texdimen, textoks, texcount = tex.dimen, tex.toks, tex.count
 
 -- maybe tracers -> tracers.tex (and tracers.lua for current debugger)
 
-local report_system = logs.new("system","tex")
+local report_system = logs.reporter("system","tex")
 
 tracers         = tracers or { }
 local tracers   = tracers
diff --git a/tex/context/base/trac-inf.lua b/tex/context/base/trac-inf.lua
index 79007953a..2c3aa1dec 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/trac-inf.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/trac-inf.lua
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function statistics.showjobstat(tag,data,n)
     else
         if not template or n > nn then
             template, n = format("%%-%ss - %%s",n), nn
-            report_statistics = logs.new("mkiv lua stats")
+            report_statistics = logs.reporter("mkiv lua stats")
         end
         report_statistics(format(template,tag,data))
     end
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function statistics.runtime()
 end
 
 function statistics.timed(action,report)
-    report = report or logs.new("system")
+    report = report or logs.reporter("system")
     starttiming("run")
     action()
     stoptiming("run")
diff --git a/tex/context/base/trac-log.lua b/tex/context/base/trac-log.lua
index 93e8decf9..92cb768d0 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/trac-log.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/trac-log.lua
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ provide <l n='xml'/> based logging a sparsing is relatively easy anyway.</p>
 logs       = logs or { }
 local logs = logs
 
---[[ldx--
-<p>This looks pretty ugly but we need to speed things up a bit.</p>
---ldx]]--
-
 local moreinfo = [[
 More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:
 
@@ -38,24 +34,12 @@ webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
 wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
 ]]
 
--- local functions = {
---     'report', 'status', 'start', 'stop', 'line', 'direct',
---     'start_run', 'stop_run',
---     'start_page_number', 'stop_page_number',
---     'report_output_pages', 'report_output_log',
---     'report_tex_stat', 'report_job_stat',
---     'show_open', 'show_close', 'show_load',
---     'dummy',
--- }
-
 -- basic loggers
 
 local function ignore() end
 
 setmetatable(logs, { __index = function(t,k) t[k] = ignore ; return ignore end })
 
--- local separator = (tex and (tex.jobname or tex.formatname)) and ">" or "|"
-
 local report, subreport, status, settarget
 
 if tex and tex.jobname or tex.formatname then
@@ -185,7 +169,6 @@ function logs.reporter(category,subcategory)
     local logger = data[category]
     if not logger then
         local state = false
---~ print(category,states)
         if states == true then
             state = true
         elseif type(states) == "table" then
@@ -340,27 +323,42 @@ logs.report_job_stat = statistics and statistics.showjobstat
 
 local report_files = logs.reporter("files")
 
-local nesting = 0
-local verbose = false
+local nesting   = 0
+local verbose   = false
+local hasscheme = url.hasscheme
+
+-- we don't have show_open and show_close callbacks yet
 
 function logs.show_open(name)
-    if verbose then
-        nesting = nesting + 1
-        report_files("level %s, opening %s",nesting,name)
-    end
+ -- if hasscheme(name) ~= "virtual" then
+ --     if verbose then
+ --         nesting = nesting + 1
+ --         report_files("level %s, opening %s",nesting,name)
+ --     else
+ --         write(format("(%s",name)) -- tex adds a space
+ --     end
+ -- end
 end
 
 function logs.show_close(name)
-    if verbose then
-        report_files("level %s, closing %s",nesting,name)
-        nesting = nesting - 1
-    end
+ -- if hasscheme(name) ~= "virtual" then
+ --     if verbose then
+ --         report_files("level %s, closing %s",nesting,name)
+ --         nesting = nesting - 1
+ --     else
+ --         write(")") -- tex adds a space
+ --     end
+ -- end
 end
 
 function logs.show_load(name)
-    if verbose then
-        report_files("level %s, loading %s",nesting+1,name)
-    end
+ -- if hasscheme(name) ~= "virtual" then
+ --     if verbose then
+ --         report_files("level %s, loading %s",nesting+1,name)
+ --     else
+ --         write(format("(%s)",name))
+ --     end
+ -- end
 end
 
 -- there may be scripts out there using this:
diff --git a/tex/context/base/trac-pro.lua b/tex/context/base/trac-pro.lua
index 596d40897..43c5ef7db 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/trac-pro.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/trac-pro.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local getmetatable, setmetatable, rawset, type = getmetatable, setmetatable, raw
 
 local trace_namespaces = false  trackers.register("system.namespaces", function(v) trace_namespaces = v end)
 
-local report_system = logs.new("system","protection")
+local report_system = logs.reporter("system","protection")
 
 namespaces       = namespaces or { }
 local namespaces = namespaces
diff --git a/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua b/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua
index 6829f95b0..7eb92bfa6 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ if texconfig then
     local function set(k,v)
         v = tonumber(v)
         if v then
---~     print(k,v)
             texconfig[k] = v
         end
     end
diff --git a/tex/context/base/typo-brk.lua b/tex/context/base/typo-brk.lua
index 7111497fc..afea669ca 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/typo-brk.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/typo-brk.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ local format = string.format
 
 local trace_breakpoints = false  trackers.register("typesetters.breakpoints", function(v) trace_breakpoints = v end)
 
-local report_breakpoints = logs.new("typesetting","breakpoints")
+local report_breakpoints = logs.reporter("typesetting","breakpoints")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/typo-cap.lua b/tex/context/base/typo-cap.lua
index f157ce875..aaa9de933 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/typo-cap.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/typo-cap.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local div = math.div
 
 local trace_casing = false  trackers.register("typesetters.casing", function(v) trace_casing = v end)
 
-local report_casing = logs.new("typesetting","casing")
+local report_casing = logs.reporter("typesetting","casing")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/typo-dig.lua b/tex/context/base/typo-dig.lua
index 3ef8e162b..fbbad96f8 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/typo-dig.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/typo-dig.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ local round, div = math.round, math.div
 
 local trace_digits = false  trackers.register("typesetters.digits", function(v) trace_digits = v end)
 
-local report_digits = logs.new("typesetting","digits")
+local report_digits = logs.reporter("typesetting","digits")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/typo-dir.lua b/tex/context/base/typo-dir.lua
index 5a427ef55..49d58239d 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/typo-dir.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/typo-dir.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
 local trace_directions = false  trackers.register("typesetters.directions", function(v) trace_directions = v end)
 
-local report_directions = logs.new("typesetting","directions")
+local report_directions = logs.reporter("typesetting","directions")
 
 local has_attribute      = node.has_attribute
 local unset_attribute    = node.unset_attribute
diff --git a/tex/context/base/typo-rep.lua b/tex/context/base/typo-rep.lua
index f90ce16ef..78243229a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/typo-rep.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/typo-rep.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['typo-rep'] = {
 local trace_stripping = false  trackers.register("nodes.stripping",  function(v) trace_stripping = v end)
                                trackers.register("fonts.stripping",  function(v) trace_stripping = v end)
 
-local report_stripping = logs.new("fonts","stripping")
+local report_stripping = logs.reporter("fonts","stripping")
 
 local nodes, node = nodes, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/typo-spa.lua b/tex/context/base/typo-spa.lua
index 2b89df515..310384aa8 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/typo-spa.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/typo-spa.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ local utfchar = utf.char
 
 local trace_spacing = false  trackers.register("typesetters.spacing", function(v) trace_spacing = v end)
 
-local report_spacing = logs.new("typesetting","spacing")
+local report_spacing = logs.reporter("typesetting","spacing")
 
 local nodes, fonts, node = nodes, fonts, node
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/util-lua.lua b/tex/context/base/util-lua.lua
index 93ae16f47..54c2468ba 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/util-lua.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/util-lua.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['util-lua'] = {
 
 utilities        = utilities or {}
 utilities.lua    = utilities.lua or { }
-utilities.report = logs and logs.new("system") or print
+utilities.report = logs and logs.reporter("system") or print
 
 function utilities.lua.compile(luafile,lucfile,cleanup,strip) -- defaults: cleanup=false strip=true
     utilities.report("lua: compiling %s into %s",luafile,lucfile)
diff --git a/tex/context/base/util-mrg.lua b/tex/context/base/util-mrg.lua
index 6eba76d99..3d8e79d93 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/util-mrg.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/util-mrg.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local type, next = type, next
 
 utilities        = utilities or {}
 utilities.merger = utilities.merger or { } -- maybe mergers
-utilities.report = logs and logs.new("system") or print
+utilities.report = logs and logs.reporter("system") or print
 
 local merger     = utilities.merger
 
diff --git a/tex/context/base/x-asciimath.lua b/tex/context/base/x-asciimath.lua
index affb24ef9..50f4b0391 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/x-asciimath.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/x-asciimath.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local asciimath      = { }
 local moduledata     = moduledata or { }
 moduledata.asciimath = asciimath
 
-local report_asciimath = logs.new("mathematics","asciimath")
+local report_asciimath = logs.reporter("mathematics","asciimath")
 
 local format = string.format
 local texsprint, ctxcatcodes = tex.sprint, tex.ctxcatcodes
diff --git a/tex/generic/context/luatex-fonts-merged.lua b/tex/generic/context/luatex-fonts-merged.lua
index 6b0e89fa0..7bfc0e069 100644
--- a/tex/generic/context/luatex-fonts-merged.lua
+++ b/tex/generic/context/luatex-fonts-merged.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- merged file : luatex-fonts-merged.lua
 -- parent file : luatex-fonts.lua
--- merge date  : 02/08/11 18:41:10
+-- merge date  : 02/08/11 21:46:05
 
 do -- begin closure to overcome local limits and interference
 
@@ -2398,6 +2398,8 @@ storage = { -- probably no longer needed
 }
 logs = {
     new           = function() return dummyfunction end,
+    reporter      = function() return dummyfunction end,
+    messenger     = function() return dummyfunction end,
     report        = dummyfunction,
 }
 callbacks = {
@@ -2601,7 +2603,7 @@ containers          = containers or { }
 local containers    = containers
 containers.usecache = true
 
-local report_containers = logs.new("resolvers","containers")
+local report_containers = logs.reporter("resolvers","containers")
 
 local function report(container,tag,name)
     if trace_cache or trace_containers then
@@ -2874,7 +2876,7 @@ local next = next
 
 local trace_injections = false  trackers.register("nodes.injections", function(v) trace_injections = v end)
 
-local report_injections = logs.new("nodes","injections")
+local report_injections = logs.reporter("nodes","injections")
 
 local attributes, nodes, node = attributes, nodes, node
 
@@ -3327,7 +3329,7 @@ local write_nl = texio.write_nl
 local lower = string.lower
 local allocate, mark = utilities.storage.allocate, utilities.storage.mark
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 fontloader.totable = fontloader.to_table
 
@@ -3447,7 +3449,7 @@ local allocate = utilities.storage.allocate
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 local trace_scaling  = false  trackers.register("fonts.scaling" , function(v) trace_scaling  = v end)
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 -- tfmdata has also fast access to indices and unicodes
 -- to be checked: otf -> tfm -> tfmscaled
@@ -4259,7 +4261,7 @@ local lpegmatch = lpeg.match
 
 local trace_loading = false  trackers.register("otf.loading",      function(v) trace_loading      = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 local fonts   = fonts
 
@@ -5381,7 +5383,7 @@ local utfbyte = utf.byte
 local trace_loading    = false  trackers.register("otf.loading",    function(v) trace_loading    = v end)
 local trace_unimapping = false  trackers.register("otf.unimapping", function(v) trace_unimapping = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>Eventually this code will disappear because map files are kind
@@ -5654,7 +5656,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-lua'] = {
 
 local trace_defining = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining = v end)
 
-local report_lua = logs.new("fonts","lua loading")
+local report_lua = logs.reporter("fonts","lua loading")
 
 fonts.formats.lua = "lua"
 
@@ -5728,7 +5730,7 @@ local trace_sequences  = false  trackers.register("otf.sequences",  function(v)
 local trace_math       = false  trackers.register("otf.math",       function(v) trace_math         = v end)
 local trace_defining   = false  trackers.register("fonts.defining", function(v) trace_defining     = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 local starttiming, stoptiming, elapsedtime = statistics.starttiming, statistics.stoptiming, statistics.elapsedtime
 
@@ -7679,7 +7681,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-otd'] = {
 
 local trace_dynamics = false  trackers.register("otf.dynamics", function(v) trace_dynamics = v end)
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 local fonts          = fonts
 local otf            = fonts.otf
@@ -7853,7 +7855,7 @@ local trace_ligatures    = false  trackers.register("otf.ligatures",    function
 local trace_kerns        = false  trackers.register("otf.kerns",        function(v) trace_kerns        = v end)
 local trace_preparing    = false  trackers.register("otf.preparing",    function(v) trace_preparing    = v end)
 
-local report_prepare = logs.new("fonts","otf prepare")
+local report_prepare = logs.reporter("fonts","otf prepare")
 
 local wildcard = "*"
 local default  = "dflt"
@@ -8371,11 +8373,11 @@ local trace_steps        = false  trackers.register("otf.steps",        function
 local trace_skips        = false  trackers.register("otf.skips",        function(v) trace_skips        = v end)
 local trace_directions   = false  trackers.register("otf.directions",   function(v) trace_directions   = v end)
 
-local report_direct   = logs.new("fonts","otf direct")
-local report_subchain = logs.new("fonts","otf subchain")
-local report_chain    = logs.new("fonts","otf chain")
-local report_process  = logs.new("fonts","otf process")
-local report_prepare  = logs.new("fonts","otf prepare")
+local report_direct   = logs.reporter("fonts","otf direct")
+local report_subchain = logs.reporter("fonts","otf subchain")
+local report_chain    = logs.reporter("fonts","otf chain")
+local report_process  = logs.reporter("fonts","otf process")
+local report_prepare  = logs.reporter("fonts","otf prepare")
 
 trackers.register("otf.verbose_chain", function(v) otf.setcontextchain(v and "verbose") end)
 trackers.register("otf.normal_chain",  function(v) otf.setcontextchain(v and "normal")  end)
@@ -11244,7 +11246,7 @@ local trace_loading = false  trackers.register("otf.loading", function(v) trace_
 local fonts = fonts
 local otf   = fonts.otf
 
-local report_otf = logs.new("fonts","otf loading")
+local report_otf = logs.reporter("fonts","otf loading")
 
 -- instead of "script = "DFLT", langs = { 'dflt' }" we now use wildcards (we used to
 -- have always); some day we can write a "force always when true" trick for other
@@ -15451,7 +15453,7 @@ local directive_embedall = false  directives.register("fonts.embedall", function
 trackers.register("fonts.loading", "fonts.defining", "otf.loading", "afm.loading", "tfm.loading")
 trackers.register("fonts.all", "fonts.*", "otf.*", "afm.*", "tfm.*")
 
-local report_defining = logs.new("fonts","defining")
+local report_defining = logs.reporter("fonts","defining")
 
 --[[ldx--
 <p>Here we deal with defining fonts. We do so by intercepting the