TeXLive 2008

TeXLive 2008

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Hi all, Hans, Taco,

this is kind of a continuation of the thread about installers etc. I'm  
currently test-driving TeXLive 2008 and was wondering if we could make  
it a bit easier for new users to just try out ConTeXt. The binaries  
reside in <tl2008-directory>/2008/bin/<arch>; the installer gives the  
choice to put symlinks in system directories. Would it make sense to  
place some ConTeXt symlinks into the bin directory? For Unixoid  
systems, I am thinking of these:

mtxrun -> ../../../2008/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua
luatools -> ../../../2008/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/luatools.lua

and maybe place the stub "context" into this bin directory as well. I  
don't know how this would work for widnoze. I'm thinking of a  
potential casual user who has just installed TeXLive and should be  
able to simply run a "Hello World" document by typing "context  
myfile." Does that make sense?

Thomas
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Re: TeXLive 2008

[Taco Hoekwater]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

> For Unixoid systems, I am thinking of these:
> 
> mtxrun -> ../../../2008/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua
> luatools -> ../../../2008/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/luatools.lua
> 
> and maybe place the stub "context" into this bin directory as well.  

This is already taken care of. It is not in the current 'testing'
because Karl is still working on it, but the files are committed
and this will be done.  A similar solution exists for windows, btw.

Best wishes,
Taco
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Re: TeXLive 2008

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Jun 16, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> This is already taken care of. It is not in the current 'testing'
> because Karl is still working on it, but the files are committed
> and this will be done.  A similar solution exists for windows, btw.

Excellent, and sorry for the noise. Thanks Taco!

Thomas
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