From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/40052 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: new version luatex / mkiv Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:46:52 +0200 Message-ID: <47FF338C.5020304@wxs.nl> References: <47FE2FB9.3020305@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207907590 16134 80.91.229.12 (11 Apr 2008 09:53:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Maurice Diamantini To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Apr 11 11:53:42 2008 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 1JkFsh-0000E3-5g for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:49:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 791FD1FC0B; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:48:35 +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 09384-03-6; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 543481FC2F; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48DC1FC27 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:51 +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 09177-02-9 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:22 +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 B7F191FC0B for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 12246 for multiple; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:10 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) In-Reply-To: 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:40052 Archived-At: Maurice Diamantini wrote: > Le 10 avr. 08 =E0 17:18, Hans Hagen a =E9crit : > = >> This release of is rather substantial: no longer is metaposts called, >> but mplib is used instead. This bring down metapost runtime and >> conversion to nearly zero. The user interface is the same, but the >> implementation is different. > = > What will allow mplib in luatex the future? the future is already there > - Will it be only a way to write Metapost code without having > to call external system program (better performance)? indeed, no mp calls any more > - Or will it be possible to write figures in lua instead of Metapost? > (would be great!!) well, in principle i could write something for that, but it's not on the = agenda > Another question about ConTeXt mkiv installation > = > Is possible to use a local full ConTeXt distrib (with basic fonts, > mplib, lua) **without interference** with existant texlive distribution > (i.e. without using all the *_TEX environment variables thanks to > ConTeXt mkiv ?) it's what i do here ... luatex alongside pdftex/xetex 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 t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________