[NTG-context] still have a problem in using luatools
Hi,
Again I'd like to ask you some help.
Since I have no idea what is wrong in my TeX(gwTeX), I tried from the
beginning.
I removed installed gwTeX, and reinstalled MacTeX-2007 package.
I checked the followings:
$ kpsewhich texmf.cnf
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
$ kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMFCNF'
{/usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/powerpc-darwin,/usr/local/texlive/2007/
bin,/usr/local/texlive/2007}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}:/.
$ kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMF'
{/Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-config,/Users/
dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-var,/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf,!!/usr/
local/texlive/2007/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-
var,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../
texmf-local,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist}
I also copied luatex and mtxrun in the folder /usr/texbin.
texexec --make --all {--pdftex, --xetex} worked fine and make formats
properly.
After that I run "luatools --generate", then it is not working
properly. The messages are
$ luatools --generate
LuaTools | skipping /usr/texbin/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf
LuaTools | skipping /usr/texbin/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
LuaTools |
LuaTools | runtime: 0.03 seconds
I don't know why it is looking for texmf.cnf under the binary folder(/
usr/texbin).
Would you please tell me what is wrong in my installation?
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Dalyoung
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Re: [NTG-context] still waiting for mswincontext
Hello Hans, Just noticed that when making formats luatools skips texmf.cnt in both subtrees. Does it mean that .cnf files are not needed anymore by luatex, and it relies only on environmental vars? Best regards, Vyatcheslav ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] got win mimimals at last
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello, > > Hurray!!! The recent Windows minimals work fine for me! Thank you, Mojca, for > showing a hidden place in the garden! :) And my a kind of installer works > too, how nice! :))) > > A few words about my 'installer' (maybe someone is interested). It does the > same job as setuptex.bat, but sets variables globally by writing into > registry instead of dos box. So I can call binaries from any application and > it all works!. > > (Remark: merely setting the PATH variable is not enough, dozen other are > needed. Vars were typically defined in texmf.cnf files, but I was surprised > to find that those files are explicitly ignored by luatex. ) not by luatex, but by mkiv ... kpse is not used at all, some day mkiv will use its own configuration files, currently, if you change a cfn file (or add files ot the tree) you need to run luatools --generate (a configuration file will be written to the cache then) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
[NTG-context] got win mimimals at last
Hello, Hurray!!! The recent Windows minimals work fine for me! Thank you, Mojca, for showing a hidden place in the garden! :) And my a kind of installer works too, how nice! :))) A few words about my 'installer' (maybe someone is interested). It does the same job as setuptex.bat, but sets variables globally by writing into registry instead of dos box. So I can call binaries from any application and it all works!. (Remark: merely setting the PATH variable is not enough, dozen other are needed. Vars were typically defined in texmf.cnf files, but I was surprised to find that those files are explicitly ignored by luatex. ) My next step is to create 'real' installer for Windows. I've discussed this idea several times here and feel that people need it (I do :) My vision of the installer is: install-and-forget on any Windows machine. Target audience: novices. It will include mimimal distribution (56Mb), install or require Ruby too (not included in minimals?). This installation will NOT be able to coexist with MikTeX or TeXLive, because settings will clash. That's all news and thank you all!! Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] Unicode error in embedded metapost
>>> (...)
>
> Metapost can only handle very basic strings. Don't use Metapost for
> writing text.
>
>>> (...)
> Indeed. Using \sometxt{...} is strongly recommended. btex ... etex
> behaves strange and consumes a considerable amount of extra time to
> compile your document.
>
> Mojca
Interesting. I also wasn't aware that btex ... etex could not handle
string variables, as I learned from your documentation (I've just
started learning metapost).
Thanks,
Maurício
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Re: [NTG-context] still waiting for mswincontext
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello Hans, > > Could you please answer my questions about recent Windows minimal? > > 1) Why we need to set almost all in setuptex.bat, while the same vars (except > Windows' PATH) are already set in texmf.cnf? well, this is not recent, but has aways been the case; in setuptex i make sure that no conflicts can arise between different trees; so one can have multiple trees installed, without clashed; you don't wanna know what can happen (and how much time it costs to find out and fix) if some installer has set variables at the outer shell level; i just don't want to take any risk here > 2) How can I get rid of LM (and other) fonts completely? I want to use solely > luatex and system fonts, but bound to have those monsters too. just delete them but i would not delete the lm since they're used as fallbacks; if you want to default to something else, you need to tweak the initializations (maybe some day when the gyre math fonts are there i'll provide something for that); keep in mind that many tex users use tex for math and not having set up math will break al lot then > My area of interest is luatex only, since it is progressive, font-tolerant > and powerful. :o) well, the overhead of lm is not that large (maybe someday i'll ship zips and run the fonts from zips); a few cjk fonts in your system font path take more space -) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] still waiting for mswincontext
Hello Hans, Could you please answer my questions about recent Windows minimal? 1) Why we need to set almost all in setuptex.bat, while the same vars (except Windows' PATH) are already set in texmf.cnf? 2) How can I get rid of LM (and other) fonts completely? I want to use solely luatex and system fonts, but bound to have those monsters too. My area of interest is luatex only, since it is progressive, font-tolerant and powerful. :o) -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] still waiting for mswincontext
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> Note that also three really important fixes have been added to XeTeX
> recently, so ConTeXt works much better with XeTeX 0.997.
the bottom line is, that we need to make sure that we hav ethe most
recent bins for all platforms before we can generate minimals
> It's the ConTeXt distribution, not the binaries which are broken.
i'm a bit puzzled ... for pdftex, nothing changed, for luatex, indeed
bins and zips need to be in sync (esp because there have been changes in
the lua font code that needed adaptions in the mkiv code) and xetex ...
well, that's an interplay between engine and macros and trying to adapt
i think that luatex and xetex are fast moving targets so in most cases
one needs to have updates of them and macro packages in sync; xetexs
font syntax has changed over time, currently a feature was added to
intercept problems but this is only on the latest bins, font searching
is very engine dependent and also to some extend os dependent
(upper/lowercase) etc etc
anyhow, the dust will probably settle in a few weeks (new bins available
everywhere)
a tricky area is metapost ... since mp cannot handle open type we need
to bend the rules sometimes and do ugly workarounds but we're getting there
> But note that there are still some problems:
> - wrong font size in XeTeX
more a xetex problem
> - textext("...") in metapost doesn't work
will never work completely if one uses different fonts in xetex and
metapost in one document (well, it can work, but one had to make sure
that the map stuff is sorted out then)
> - most probably others, not yet discovered
we'll try to keep them hidden -)
Hans
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