Re: LuaTeX-plain File Database Problem

["Aíre Funvake" <aire.funvake@gmail.com>]

On Thu May 15 23:23:07 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
> On Thu May 15 23:07:40 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to
>>> find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or
>>> `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were
>>> executed (all I could find):
>>>
>>>   mktexlsr
>>>   mtxrun --script base --generate
>>>   luatools --generate
>>>   context --generate
>>>   mtxrun --script fonts --update --force
>>>   mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
>>>
>>> Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
>>>
>>>   ~/texmf
>>>   ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project
>>>   ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local
>>>   ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
>>>
>>> Checked if the file could be found:
>>>
>>>   luatools --find-file xxxx.tex   <--- finds it
>>>   luatools --find-file xxx.otf    <--- finds it
>>>   mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex        <--- finds it
>>>   mtxrun --locate xxx.otf         <--- finds it
>>>   kpsewhich/where                 <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
>>>
>>> In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
>>>
>>>   \input xxxx  or xxxx.tex        <--- no luck
>>>   \font\myfont = name:xxxx        <--- no luck
>>>   \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf    <--- no luck
>>>
>>> Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu-
>>> tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or
>>> the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var-
>>> iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's
>>> OK, if only it would only work).
>>>
>>> Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very
>>> fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime.
>>> What am I missing?
>>
>> Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure).
>>
>> You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain
>> format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all
>> macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it.
>>
>> Aditya
>>
> Thank you, will re-read it forthwith, must have missed something.
> It just feels wrong to put re-usable project files inside the
> distribution tree. Still feel like an idiot, if not more so.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me then as to the purpose of `$HOME/texmf`,
> `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-local`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts`, etc.,
> considering they are all, for example, configured in the file:
> `$TEXMF/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf`? Which I assumed incorrectly
> it seems, the name resolvers would use.

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/177459/learning-plain-tex-via-contexts-luatex-plain-format

Maybe helpful to someone.


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