On 3/18/2026 11:32 AM, Max Chernoff wrote:
Hi Hans,
On Wed, 2026-03-18 at 11:18 +0100, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
On 3/18/2026 10:56 AM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote:
When running "mtxrun --luatex --generate", the "--luatex" argument seems
to be ignored:
Just use
context --generate --luatex
for that.
Sure, I can change the code to use that, but my impression was that
"mtxrun --luatex --generate" was (historically) the recommended command.
And on a fresh installation, this doesn't work at all without running
"mtxrun --generate" first:
$ sudo rm -rf ~/luatex-cache/context/
/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/ ~/luametatex-cache/context/
/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/
$ context --generate --luatex
mtxrun | unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua'
$ mtxrun --generate
[...]
mtxrun | elapsed lua time: 0.085 seconds
$ context --generate --luatex
[...]
mtxrun | elapsed lua time: 0.093 seconds
So should I convert all the build scripts/documentation to run (in
order)
mtxrun --generate
context --generate --luatex
or is there a different sequence of commands that I should use?
looks ok to me
It makes little sense to add that (restart with luatex) logic
to mtxrun too.
Well I wouldn't say "add" since it used to work in the past :). But fair
enough, as long as there's is _some_ command that works, then I can
adapt everything fairly easily.
I don't know about the past but --generate is pretty old and i dont';
think anything changed there. I don't keep track of how tex live etc
change.
Hans
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