[NTG-context] perl/Ruby dependency -- how deep?

Two questions came up when I was looking into putting ConTeXt on a USB stick (i.e., as a portable app): 1. Is perl still required for a ConTeXt installation (say, under Windows)? I know texexec is now written in Ruby, but are there other programs in Stand-alone or the Minimals that require

Re: [NTG-context] perl/Ruby dependency -- how deep?

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Joel C. Salomon wrote: Two questions came up when I was looking into putting ConTeXt on a USB stick (i.e., as a portable app): 1. Is perl still required for a ConTeXt installation (say, under Windows)? I know texexec is now written in Ruby, but are there

Re: [NTG-context] perl/Ruby dependency -- how deep?

Joel C. Salomon wrote: Two questions came up when I was looking into putting ConTeXt on a USB stick (i.e., as a portable app): 1. Is perl still required for a ConTeXt installation (say, under Windows)? I know texexec is now written in Ruby, but are there other programs in Stand-alone or

Re: [NTG-context] perl/Ruby dependency -- how deep?

Mojca Miklavec wrote: Yes. You can already use context (see mtx-context.lua), though there is no stub yet (you can easily make one), and it's not so well tested yet. it works ok, but at this moment has less options than texexec, but those are not needed for runs