Re: --luatex option failing

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 5/28/2021 7:13 AM, jbf wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Not at all sure why this is happening. In my most recent install of lmtx 
> (which works fine as lmtx) on Linux, I wanted to choose the --luatex 
> option just to make a comparison between the mkiv output and lmtx.
> 
> The redirection part seems to work (... --script mtx-context --luatex 
> myfile.tex --redirected), but no 'resolvers' follow. Instead I get 
> mtxrun  | unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua'.
> 
> I have tried both luatextools --generate and mtxrun --generate, but 
> neither of these fix the problem. Would someone know why this is not 
> working? Or even better, how to fix it? I installed lmtx on another 
> machine and have no problems using the --luatex option there, so the 
> matter is not urgent for me, just puzzling! I do have a separate mkiv 
> installation as well, but my understanding is that they would not 
> conflict. LMTX contains everything that is needed.
In lmtx "mtxrun" and "context" are just links to "luametatex" and when 
called with a different name than "luametatex" they will try to locate 
scripts with their name in the same path (so there need to be mtxrun.lua 
and context.lua in that nin path). The mtxrun.lua file contains most lua 
libs so it can provide the same helpers as in context, when used as 
stand alone runner (so, instead if native lua one can just use mtxrun) 
while the context.lua script will locate mtx-context.lua and run that 
one. For that it needs the file database.

Forget about luatools .. gone for ages. An mtxrun --generate or even 
context --generate should work ok. if not there's somethign with 
permissions or paths or a missing file.

Hans

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