Maurice Diamantini wrote:
> Le 10 avr. 08 à 17:18, Hans Hagen a écrit :
>
>> This release of is rather substantial: no longer is metaposts called,
>> but mplib is used instead. This bring down metapost runtime and
>> conversion to nearly zero. The user interface is the same, but the
>> implementation is different.
>
> What will allow mplib in luatex the future?
the future is already there
> - Will it be only a way to write Metapost code without having
> to call external system program (better performance)?
indeed, no mp calls any more
> - Or will it be possible to write figures in lua instead of Metapost?
> (would be great!!)
well, in principle i could write something for that, but it's not on the
agenda
> Another question about ConTeXt mkiv installation
>
> Is possible to use a local full ConTeXt distrib (with basic fonts,
> mplib, lua) **without interference** with existant texlive distribution
> (i.e. without using all the *_TEX environment variables thanks to
> ConTeXt mkiv ?)
it's what i do here ... luatex alongside pdftex/xetex
Hans
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