Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 6/4/2023 11:11 AM, Jigé via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm trying to use TiKz inside ConTeXt. It has not been working for some time...
> 
> I checked the messages from last month on the mailing list (late april, early may). Il didn't quit actually understand what was going on but I read that some files had to be updated. Maybe as a workaround, while waiting for a new LMTX format? Users reported it to work after some file updates.
> 
> So, because I was using a TeXlive package on Gnu/Archlinux, which might be updated only after a few months or a year, I followed the wiki and did a personal fresh install like this :
> 
> $ mkdir ~/.local/share/context
> $ cd ~/.local/share/context
> $ wget https://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip
> $ unzip context-linux-64.zip
> $ sh install.sh
> $ rm context-linux-64.zip
> $ cd ~/.local/share/context/tex
> $ mtxrun --script install-modules --list
> $ mtxrun --script install-modules --install tikz
> (And for good measure, I later did `mtxrun --script install-modules --install all`)
> 
> $ cd my-working-directory
> $ vi some-sample-context-file.tex
> $ export PATH=/home/myname/.local/share/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin:$PATH
> $ context some-sample-context-file.tex
> 
> Did I miss anything? It works just fine.
> 
> 
> But with a TiKz picture included, a very simple one like this:
> \usemodule[tikz]
> \starttext
> We are working on
> \starttikzpicture
> \draw (-1.5,0) -- (1.5,0);
> \draw (0,-1.5) -- (0,1.5);
> \stoptikzpicture.
> \stoptext
> 
> It doesn't compile. The output begins with:
> 
> resolvers       | formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format':
> [...]
> 
> and ends with:
> 
> [...]
> open source     > level 4, order 11, name 'pgf.cfg'
> close source    > level 4, order 11, name 'pgf.cfg'
> Driver file for pgf: pgfsys-luatex.def
> 
> tex error       > tex error on line 1757 in file pgfsys.code.tex: Package pgf Error: Driver file ``pgfsys-luatex.def'' not found.

what if you run "mtxrun --generate" beforehand?

is that file somewhere in the tree?

it works here

> <macro> \pgfutil@packageerror
>      #1#2#3->\errhelp {#3}\errmessage {Package #1 Error: #2}
> <macro> \pgfutil@IfFileExists
>      #1#2#3->\openin \pgfutil@inputcheck =#1 \ifeof \pgfutil@inputcheck #3
>      \relax \else #2\relax \fi \closein \pgfutil@inputcheck
> <line 6.1757>
>        \pgferror{Driver file ``\pgfsysdriver'' not found.}}
> 
> <empty file>
> This error message was generated by an \errmessage command, so I can't give any
> explicit help. Pretend that you're Hercule Poirot: Examine all clues, and deduce
> the truth by order and method.
> mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1
> 
> 
> The PATH is set correctly, this is not the output from using the regular TeXlive package which uses luatex, terminates because it doesn't understand \pgfsetxvec{\pgfpoint{1cm}{0cm}} and makes no reference to Hercule Poirot.
> 
> I ingenuously tried to explicitly set some formats in the file ~/.local/share/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgf.cfg but with no success.
> 
> Is it related to this issue: https://github.com/pgf-tikz/pgf/issues/990 ?
> 
> Thanks in advance!...
> 
> Best regards
> Jean-Guillaume
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