Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan TeX
macros.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM Wolfgang Schuster <
wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:37:
> > For example: \kern, \parindent and so on. Rephrasing the question, can
> > LuaMetaTeX/ConTeXt compile
> > plain TeX files. If yes, how can I do that?
>
> You mix up two different things here.
>
> 1. Plain TeX is a collection of TeX macros like ConTeXt or LaTeX.
>
> 2. LuaMetaTeX is a program like pdfTeX or LuaTeX which provides commands
> which are used by above mentioned collections to create macros.
>
> Even though ConTeXt provides some commands which available in plain TeX
> not all of the are supported which means you can't process plain TeX
> documents.
>
> On the other hand commands which are provided by the engine like
> \parindent can be used in a ConTeXt document but higher level mechanism
> like \setupindenting are the better choice.
>
> Wolfgang
>
>

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Respect,
Shiv Shankar Dayal