mnmls under windows

mnmls under windows

[Philipp Gesang]

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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?

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)?

3.  Anything I should be aware of where windows context behaves
    differently from linux?

Thanks for your time and expertise,


Philipp

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Re: mnmls under windows

[Hans Hagen]

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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Re: mnmls under windows

[Hans Hagen]

On 14-10-2010 4:07, Philipp Gesang wrote:

> 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)?

in a next beta you can configure it using directives:

             system_compile_cleanup   = "no",    -- remove tma files
             system_compile_strip     = "yes",   -- strip tmc files

this replaces the PURGE and STRIP variables

(not tested yet)

Hans


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