Re: luatex 0.30.1

["luigi scarso" <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 19 oct. 08, at 17:28, luigi scarso wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Up to now I didn't have installed the minimals through the commands given
>> on the Garden.
>> However, since you told me that it works fine, I just tried to install the
>> minimals too, but while generating the formats I get:
>>
>> ! LuaTeX error
>> ...mini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tex.lua:322: attempt to
>> perform arithmetic on local 'total' (a nil value). <*>
>> ...texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex \dump
>>
> actually
> luatex is not good
> You should hit return until installation end; then install luatex from
> trunk;
> then remake format with
> context --generate
> context --make
> Now you must have no errors anymore .
>
>

>
> I did again what you suggest, but no better result:
> /Applications/context-mini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/context --generate
> results in
> MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file
> MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file
> MtxRun | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known)
> MtxRun | unknown script: context
> (same thing with /Applications/context-mini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/context
> --make).
>
Did you have made
. setuptex
(watch for the dot!) ?


> Something strange which I don't know whether it is "legal" or not, is that
> if I use the luatols in the Context-Minimal folder, to generate, that is:
> /Applications/context-mini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/luatools --generate
> then luatools uses for some reason what I have in my TeXLive 2008 directory
> that is what is in
> /usr/local/texlive/2008/
> and if I rename the /usr/local/texlive to something else, then
> /Applications/context-mini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/luatools --generate
> returns:
> env: texlua: No such file or directory
>
> I thought what one installs with the Minimals is independent of TeXLive
> 2008 though…
>
>
>
> […]
>>
> Can you try
> context --generate
> context basic-test
>
>
> Again these do not result in anything good: same output as above, when I
> say context --make.
>
> Now that I have done what you suggested, the mkii in the Minimals does not
> ork either :-)
>
Sorry for that !

> Saying
> /Applications/context-mini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/texexec basic-test.tex
> results in:
>
> FatalError      : Your format does not match the base files!
>
> FormatVersion   : 2008.10.08 23:34 MKII
> FilesVersion    : 2008.10.17 10:41
> and again the reason seems to be that the texxec in the Minimals uses
> /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
> which doesn't seem to be "normal".
>
> I think the best I can do is to wait for something more stable to play
> with.
>
For my serious work I avoid up to now to use mkiv,
>
With the finger crossed I will start tomorrow a project in mkiv


> but I would like to test what Hans, Taco and others are doing, at least to
> help find bugs for the Right to Left typesetting.
>
It's important, so
I write how I setup my minimals on a linux box
1) mkdir -p /opt/luatex/minimals-beta
2) cd /opt/luatex/minimals-beta
2a) Now put here first-setup.sh (see contextgarden.net/minimals)
3)  ./first-setup.sh
3a)If there are some errors due a luatex version; hit return until the end
4) cd tex
5) . setuptex
5a)Now, if you have compiled luatex from svn, put it into texmf-linux/bin
6) context --generate
7) context --make
7a)not errors  anymore, I hope.
8)Every time I start a mkiv session
I do
cd /opt/luatex/minimals-beta/tex
. setuptext
as first step
to ensure correct initilizatione of env variables.
9a)context --generate
9b)context --make
to unsure a clean session.
10) always use context to make pdf; ie test your file with
context basic-test.tex


If you open first-setup.sh and change this line
mtxrun --verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force
--engine=all --context=beta --tree=$PWD/tex $@
in
mtxrun --verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force
--engine=all  --tree=$PWD/tex $@
and then
1) mkdir -p /opt/luatex/minimals
2)...
you can then end with a minimal installation

Actually I have
minimals-beta, minimal and  tl2008 completly unrelated
so each installations has is own fonts etc etc.
It's ok, because minimals and minimals-beta are not so huge and I want to be
sure that minimals-beta and minimals work

-- 
luigi

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