Re: Now is the time for all... (Was: A simple project.)

[Maurice Diamantini (free) <mdiam@free.fr>]

Le 17 nov. 04, à 10:19, Taco Hoekwater a écrit :

> Maurice Diamantini wrote:
>
>> So, I propose that besides the standard upgrade cont-tmf.zip for 
>> context,
>> Pragma propose à **independant** "context" distribution which :
>> 1 - ***doesn't use*** the standard kpath environment variables
>
> This is the main item, because this requirement implies using 
> non-standard executables. I agree with you that such a distribution 
> would be a great thing to have, but unless some people are actually 
> willing to invest (a fairly large amount of time) in it, it is simply 
> not going to happen.

Hum, I thought it would be possible to just change the name of the
environment variable used be the kpsea system.
But if these names are hard coded, perhaps it is still possible to patch
the source for all the external tools used by context and relying
on kpathsea.
I suppose that Hans could do a "contextize" perl script which automatise
this transformation from the standard tools archives.


> I have started a project last spring, whose goal is to deliver almost 
> precisely a "standalone, fast and idiot-proof distribution of 
> ConTeXt", but it has been a one person affair so far, and I do not 
> have unlimited time to spend on it. Anyway, have a look at
>
> 	http://www.metatex.org


Woaow!
This is very ambitious ! You are redoing the full tex envirenment!
If you realy want to do that, you should:
- first create a contributing information system (as the wiki context 
:-)
- create an open source project on sourceforge or something like that,
   (this mean mailing lists, cvs access, ...)
- and then call for a partitipation on comp.text.tex group.
I sure there is several TeX guru interested.

This project is much more that what I asked for!

Cordialement,
Maurice