From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Philipp Gesang <pgesang@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Subject: Re: mnmls under windows
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:36:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CB71556.7050503@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101014140752.GA21918@aides>
On 14-10-2010 4:07, Philipp Gesang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I just discovered that the windows pcs in the library have
> certain adobe stuff installed that comes with a neat collection
> of adobe fonts. So I thought I’d want to use them in context and
> prepared a minimals for windows on a usb stick using wine. I
> haven’t used windows in ages so I’d like to ask some questions
> before I actually start testing.
>
> 1. Why is there an mtxrun.exe binary in addition to the lua
> script?
because texlua has to be run
> 2. How large will texmf-cache grow when all the fonts from an
> indesign installation are indexed (it’s a small stick and
> context resides next to a linux on it)?
indexing is not that much an issue as only partial data is stored
usage will create tma/tmc files (reminds me that I need to add a
configuration option to clear the tma files as they are only there for
tracing purposes)
> 3. Anything I should be aware of where windows context behaves
> differently from linux?
not that I know of
Hans
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