The two files Taco pointed to *appear* to be OK (though I'm too inexperienced to say with certainty). That leaves something esoteric or a tossed salad of old and new code.
Since this is mainly a matter of learning and curiosity for me, I'll wait and see how things develop for a bit. Thanks for your help! mjg >> I think either >> >> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/luat-env.tex >> >> is not the one from the latest context distribution, or an extra >> luatools --generate command is needed. >> >> You can check the \contextversion by looking at >> >> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.tex >> >> around line 45, it should say >> >> \edef\contextversion{2008.04.11 14:48} >> >> >> There can be some more esoteric causes, but these are the two most >> likely ones. >> > > in previou sversions the env was loaded runtime (this behaviour > originated in the stepwise development of embedding bytecodes in the > format, in the beginning all chunks were loaded at runtime); i managed > to get rid of that; in addition to taco's suggestions ... so it > could be > that old code and new code is mixed. ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________