On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joel C. Salomon wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> luatex + context mkiv is indeed independent [of Ruby] > >> > >> - index sorting takes place in mkiv > >> - job control is done with mtxrun/mtx-context > > > > Now that I've been told the idea is at least possible, I've been > > thinking about how to generate a micro-minimal mkiv distribution: no > > fonts except the LM set, no engines except luaTeX, no kpathsea, & > > preferably no external dependencies (perl, ruby, &c.). > > > > So how to best go about this? I'm downloading the current minimals > > (or should I use the .zips at > > <http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm>?); what can I cut out? > > use the minimals from the garden .. the zips will go away (apart from > the cont-* zips) > > one option is to write a dedicated fetch script, load the minimals for > luatex use only (is an option) and then look at the files you need > > i wonder if it's worth the trouble because all you get extra on top of > lm is tex gyre open type
There are many other OpenType fonts that get fetched by default as well. And maybe the whole bin/common can be left out in that case (maybe windows still needs some libraries). So there is still some space that could be saved. Mojca ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
