Wait. Are you actually saying that no one who has write access to ConTeXt source is going to write documentation that describes manual offline installation for package distributors?
------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, August 18th, 2022 at 5:16 PM, Hans Hagen <j.ha...@freedom.nl> wrote: > On 8/18/2022 4:08 PM, amano.kenji wrote: > > > Sorry for spamming the list a little bit. > > > > If there was something like > > https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/ncurses.html for > > ConTeXt and luametatex (binary), then distribution maintainers can make > > packages for ConTeXt easily. > > > > I don't know TeX/TeXLive/kpathsea/ConTeXt directory structure conventions. > > Linux package maintainers don't know, either. I have packaged hundreds of > > programs, and TeX derivatives are monsters. > > > > Most users just install texlive OS package, use TexLive upstream installer, > > or use ConTeXt upstream install.sh. > > The problem with something context is that there are basically only two > components: > > - a tex tree with fonts and macros > - a few binaries (just one for lmtx) > > while in texlive one has quite some choices. We made these minimals > actually in order to not end up with complex system dependent > installations, also because most users just install context this way (it > is fast too). > > So, as Alan explained, anyone can wrap differently based on that. And if > something is needed, we can provide it. But I'm not going to install > something else than what i have for testing it. My develop and work > machine is windows pro + linux sub system, the servers run opensuse. On > all I just install under /data/context and that makes it system wide. I > don't need to set up something apart from adding a binary to the path > (or when I run from e.g. a web service I just use a fully quialified > path to mtxrun) .. it cannot be simpler than that. > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
