From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35817 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: installing MKIV Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:05:40 +0200 Message-ID: <46BA3024.8020009@wxs.nl> References: <193026156.20070808145919@gmail.com> <46B9B5D7.70201@elvenkind.com> <24065160.20070808155256@gmail.com> <46B9C64F.6010906@gmx.net> <20070808135000.GA24948@phare.normalesup.org> <46B9D1F0.7040102@gmx.net> <46BA1E64.5040101@wxs.nl> <46BA292B.8050602@gmx.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186609125 3679 80.91.229.12 (8 Aug 2007 21:38:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:38:45 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 08 23:38:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IItEo-0007xa-Ks for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:38:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67281FBA0; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:38:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30268-08-4; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:38:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00DAA1FB30; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:38:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6601FAC0 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:38:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30268-08 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:38:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D947D2002D for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:05:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 8864 for ; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:05:59 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <46BA292B.8050602@gmx.net> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:35817 Archived-At: Peter Rolf wrote: > Hans Hagen schrieb: >> Peter Rolf wrote: >>> Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: >>>>> luac5.1.exe [TO] luac.exe >>>>> etc. >>>> Alternatively, you can use LuaTeX itself as the lua interpreter and >>>> compiler. That is, the same binary will act as: >>>> >>>> LuaTeX proper when called luatex(.exe) >>>> lua when called texlua(.exe) (equivalent to luatex --luaonly) >>>> luac, the compiler, when called texluac.(exe) >>>> >>>> So you don't even need lua anymore. >>> i see. but on windows you waste more than 7mb disk space this way. >>> installing the lua binaries costs only 288kb. so where is the benefit? >>> >>> there must be a better way. >> these 7 meg gave as advantage >> >> - no need to install anything else (no huge ruby/perl or whatever) >> - bytcode compiler in sync with luatex internals >> - texlua has the libs that we need built in has to do with unix where the shebang line will only work with texlua since "luatex --luaonly" cannot be given, but there it's a symlink on windows one can copy and/or create an alias or use a small stub; future versions may have a core dll and three small binaries ... who knows 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________