Re: --luatex option failing

[jbf <roma83537@gmail.com>]

Still finding it very difficult to nail what the real problem is. You 
say: "An mtxrun --generate or even context --generate should work ok. if 
not there's something with permissions or paths or a missing file".

Neither of the --generate options make any difference, so it clearly has 
to come down to "permissions or paths or a missing file". I cannot see 
that it is permissions. Comparing permissions on both machines (one 
working with --luatex and one not) I cannot see any difference. Paths? 
The only thing I can see is that I also have (later in the path) a 
separate installation for mkiv... but surely that would not make a 
difference? So, a missing file??

I renamed the current folder called lmtx so it would not be recognised 
(called it lmtxx) and created a new lmtx folder into which I have 
installed a new version (and obviously it would still be in the path, 
since ~/Documents/lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin is already in the path).

So two questions: (1) Is it possible that having another version (mkiv) 
later in the path is causing the problem? (2) If a file is missing, what 
could it possibly be, given that I did a fresh install?

As this may be an 'ignorant' kind of question, something I should really 
know but don't, about paths and permissions, there may be someone else 
on the list with time (in lockdown like I am) to put me right.

Julian

On 28/5/21 5:15 pm, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 5/28/2021 7:13 AM, jbf wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Not at all sure why this is happening. In my most recent install of 
>> lmtx (which works fine as lmtx) on Linux, I wanted to choose the 
>> --luatex option just to make a comparison between the mkiv output and 
>> lmtx.
>>
>> The redirection part seems to work (... --script mtx-context --luatex 
>> myfile.tex --redirected), but no 'resolvers' follow. Instead I get 
>> mtxrun  | unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua'.
>>
>> I have tried both luatextools --generate and mtxrun --generate, but 
>> neither of these fix the problem. Would someone know why this is not 
>> working? Or even better, how to fix it? I installed lmtx on another 
>> machine and have no problems using the --luatex option there, so the 
>> matter is not urgent for me, just puzzling! I do have a separate mkiv 
>> installation as well, but my understanding is that they would not 
>> conflict. LMTX contains everything that is needed.
> In lmtx "mtxrun" and "context" are just links to "luametatex" and when 
> called with a different name than "luametatex" they will try to locate 
> scripts with their name in the same path (so there need to be 
> mtxrun.lua and context.lua in that nin path). The mtxrun.lua file 
> contains most lua libs so it can provide the same helpers as in 
> context, when used as stand alone runner (so, instead if native lua 
> one can just use mtxrun) while the context.lua script will locate 
> mtx-context.lua and run that one. For that it needs the file database.
>
> Forget about luatools .. gone for ages. An mtxrun --generate or even 
> context --generate should work ok. if not there's somethign with 
> permissions or paths or a missing file.
>
> Hans
>
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