From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/45191 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Context using LuaTeX - distribution packaging question Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:06 +0100 Message-ID: <4909924E.6050606@wxs.nl> References: <49083180.1080607@net-b.de> <49084009.30404@net-b.de> <4908435F.9090801@wxs.nl> <49087A0B.5050206@net-b.de> <49087CDF.9090507@wxs.nl> <4908AE53.3080609@net-b.de> <4908B44F.7040200@wxs.nl> <4908BD0C.30807@net-b.de> <4908D67D.3010902@wxs.nl> <4909876B.1010104@net-b.de> 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: ger.gmane.org 1225364152 27156 80.91.229.12 (30 Oct 2008 10:55:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:55:52 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Oct 30 11:56:54 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KvVCl-00063D-T1 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9037A1FC6B; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:55:35 +0100 (CET) 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 28870-01-17; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 967531FC0D; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8737A1FB4E for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:38 +0100 (CET) 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 28870-01-16 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:05 +0100 (CET) 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 C1ABD1FC11 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.112] (unverified [10.100.1.11]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 5538-1840426 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:05 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) In-Reply-To: <4909876B.1010104@net-b.de> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.11 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:45191 Archived-At: Tobias Burnus wrote: > Hans, > > Hans Hagen wrote: >> what files are looked for depends also on env settings; but anyhow, at >> some point mkiv/luatex might drop the cnf file >> > I think some kind of cnf file will still be necessary to tell TeX where > to look for files, though with reasonable defaults, the file would only > be created (by the user) if needed. > > >>> /etc/texmf:/etc/texmf/web2c:/var/lib/texmf/web2c:{~/texmf,!!/etc/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/lib/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf}/web2c >>> >> hm, where is that set? hard coded in the binary? >> > Yes, though the exact value depends on the distribution. In openSUSE, if > I found the correct variable, it is > > WEB2C = ${TEXMFHOME}/web2c;${TEXMFSYSCONFIG}/web2c;${TEXMFSYSVAR}/web2c;$TEXMF/web2c > > > How about keeping the current searching algorithm (of the luatools.lua > you have sent me) plus look additionally in $HOME/texmf/web2c/ ? I think > this is the only reasonable other place. The $HOME/texmf should have > higher precedence to allow the user to overwrite the system defaults. > (That seems to be in line with all teTeX/TeX Live distributions on > Linux, which I know.) well, i remember these kind of exploding path definitions in tetex with about every permutation of local,share,opt,sys,... no fun > (Another possibility would be to access the stored strings in "texlua" > and use that search path; I don't know whether this is possible.) could be an option (given that it is exposed) 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________