Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ultraminimals (was re: Perl/Ruby dependency)

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

Joel C. Salomon wrote:

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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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luatex + context mkiv is indeed independent [of Ruby]

- index sorting takes place in mkiv - job control is done with mtxrun/mtx-context

Now that I've been told the idea is at least possible, I've been thinking about how to generate a micro-minimal mkiv distribution: no fonts except the LM set, no engines except luaTeX, no kpathsea, & preferably no external dependencies (perl, ruby, &c.).

So how to best go about this? I'm downloading the current minimals (or should I use the .zips at http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm?); what can I cut out?

use the minimals from the garden .. the zips will go away (apart from the cont-* zips)

one option is to write a dedicated fetch script, load the minimals for luatex use only (is an option) and then look at the files you need

i wonder if it's worth the trouble because all you get extra on top of lm is tex gyre open type

There are many other OpenType fonts that get fetched by default as well. And maybe the whole bin/common can be left out in that case (maybe windows still needs some libraries). So there is still some space that could be saved. Mojca