Joel C. Salomon schrieb: > On 8/8/07, Peter Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> So you don't even need lua anymore. >>>> i see. but on windows you waste more than 7mb disk space this way. >>>> installing the lua binaries costs only 288kb. so where is the benefit? >>> - no need to install anything else (no huge ruby/perl or whatever) >>> - bytcode compiler in sync with luatex internals >>> - texlua has the libs that we need built in >>> >> it's just that i don't see the need for three identical files, when you >> can use one with different (mode switching) parameters. yes, i know. >> it's an early beta. > > If you're concerned about the the 7 MB -- or in my case, not sure > you'll remember to update all three files at once -- and you're on a > machine with NTFS, you can create hard links. > Hi Joel,
I don't think that there will be mulitple copies anymore. And you are right: you can use hard links (NTFS only, so this is no general solution) on Windows XP: fsutil hardlink create <new file name> <old file name> In comparison to the symlinks that I created with 'junction', these links are found. Thanks for the pointer. Best, Peter > --Joel > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
