From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/65095 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonas Stein Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: howto start with presentations? 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Does a minimal metapost > file work. i think i have metapost installed: # whereis mpost mpost: /usr/bin/mpost /usr/share/man/man1/mpost.1.gz >> Hans response on the mailing list >> write 18 is a hack and pdfshellescape a sane replacement >> in luatex it will probably be gone completely since there we have >> \directlua 0 { os.execute("...") } >> """ >> >> I wonder if write18 is necessary 5 years later. > > You need to use MkIV to get the new features :) OK lets try. I have installed the package context 2010.07.30-1 [1] on my system. I tried texexec --lua test.tex and context test.tex but both generate no pdf. they tell me: ==================== MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' ==================== [1] http://packages.debian.org/experimental/context -- Jonas Stein ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________