[NTG-context] Re: zint 2.12.0 barcode generator

Apologies. I realised late last night that I had forgotten to update the paths zint in my shell and after doing that this morning all now works. Apologies again. Thanks for the help. Keith On 20/08/2023 22:05, Bruce Horrocks wrote:

On 20 Aug 2023, at 17:28, Keith McKay wrote:

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Hi all,

I've updated the zint barcode generator on my mac mini to 2.12.0 and now no barcode is produced. I have this vague recollection that it is only the 2.10.0 version of zint which works in ConTeXt. If I am correct, is ConTeXt likely to be updated so that 2.12.0 works? I originally installed zint with Homebrew. There is a very complicated thread on stackoverflow on how to downgrade to previous versions of a formula in homebrew, but it is far too complicated for my wee brain. zint 2.12.0 works for me on an x64 Mac mini using ConTeXt ver: 2023.08.10 02:59

Following the instructions here https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Barcodes

1) I had to create the path $TEXROOT/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/lib/luametatex/zint 2) I symbolic linked directly to the homebrew created libzint library

$ cd $TEXROOT/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/lib/luametatex/zint $ ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/zint/2.12.0/lib/libzint.dylib libzint.so

3) Then $ cd ~ $ mtxrun --generate

4) and the sample file

\usemodule[zint] \starttext \barcode[alternative=isbnx, text=9783865419026, width=4cm] \stoptext

produced a barcode.

— Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

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