From: Henri Menke <henrimenke@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: lmtx
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 09:11:59 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6f563882-2983-e009-0499-ba17f4b9015f@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b7987020-fed5-bbda-83be-797e7d589efa@xs4all.nl>
On 2/04/19 10:05 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So, for those who hesitate to check out lmtx, here is some information.
>
> - In order to achieve long term stability context will use a lean and
> mean variant of luatex (although for now context will keep running on
> luatex too; i might drop support for luajittex). Eventually the source
> code will be part of the context distribution so that one can always
> compile a binary that matches an archived context version.
>
> - This version also permits us to experiment (even very extreme) without
> interupting the parent program luatex, which is now used by other macro
> packages too and therefore needs to be frozen in functionality. Some
> features might trickle back into luatex eventually (unless it breaks
> compatibility).
>
> - As a direct effect it means that context does a bit more: creating the
> pdf file (already most is done anyway in mkiv), dealing with font
> embedding, handling image inclusion, etc. For sure there can be issues
> with that but it has run on my machine already for quite a while.
>
> - It is hard to be conclusive about performance but for instance the
> luatex manual processes a bit faster with lmtx as does the test suite. A
> gain in performance on very demanding documents is also observed by Alan
> and Thomas. Normally one can expect a similar performance. However, the
> memory footprint could be a bit smaller.
>
> - The current somewhat hybrid codebase of context will stepwise be
> adapted so that at some point we can start experimenting with some
> pending ideas. (Which is why i sometimes answer "later this year".)
Where can I find the C sources for the luametatex engine?
>
> Anyway, it might not look like it, but it is a conceptual change in how
> context evolves.
>
> Hans
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-02 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-02 9:05 lmtx Hans Hagen
2019-04-02 19:03 ` lmtx Taco Hoekwater
2019-04-02 20:11 ` Henri Menke [this message]
2019-04-02 20:19 ` lmtx Hans Hagen
2019-04-02 20:30 ` lmtx Henri Menke
2019-04-02 20:47 ` lmtx Hans Hagen
2019-08-05 12:38 lmtx Hans Hagen
2019-12-12 0:37 lmtx Hans Hagen
2019-12-12 5:28 ` lmtx Otared Kavian
2019-12-12 6:04 ` lmtx Otared Kavian
2019-12-12 10:08 ` lmtx Hans Hagen
2019-12-12 6:36 ` lmtx Richard Mahoney | Indica et Buddhica
2019-12-12 16:59 ` lmtx Pablo Rodriguez
2019-12-12 20:13 ` lmtx Pablo Rodriguez
[not found] <mailman.310.1576128525.1207.ntg-context@ntg.nl>
2019-12-12 23:48 ` lmtx Jeong Dal
2019-12-13 8:39 ` lmtx Otared Kavian
[not found] <mailman.1.1576234801.28358.ntg-context@ntg.nl>
2019-12-13 19:29 ` lmtx Jeong Dal
2020-06-19 10:11 lmtx Hans Hagen
2020-10-30 22:29 lmtx Hans Hagen
2020-10-31 2:50 ` lmtx Jairo A. del Rio
2020-11-02 19:43 ` lmtx Hans Hagen
2021-01-18 18:20 lmtx Hans Hagen
2021-01-19 10:57 ` lmtx Floris van Manen
2021-01-19 11:10 ` lmtx Hans Hagen
2021-01-19 11:31 ` lmtx Jano Kula
2021-01-19 19:12 ` lmtx Jan U. Hasecke
2021-01-19 23:03 ` lmtx Hans Hagen
2021-02-19 12:32 lmtx Hans Hagen
2022-02-03 21:00 lmtx Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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