Still finding it very difficult to nail what the real problem is. You say: "An mtxrun --generate or even context --generate should work ok. if not there's something with permissions or paths or a missing file". Neither of the --generate options make any difference, so it clearly has to come down to "permissions or paths or a missing file". I cannot see that it is permissions. Comparing permissions on both machines (one working with --luatex and one not) I cannot see any difference. Paths? The only thing I can see is that I also have (later in the path) a separate installation for mkiv... but surely that would not make a difference? So, a missing file?? I renamed the current folder called lmtx so it would not be recognised (called it lmtxx) and created a new lmtx folder into which I have installed a new version (and obviously it would still be in the path, since ~/Documents/lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin is already in the path). So two questions: (1) Is it possible that having another version (mkiv) later in the path is causing the problem? (2) If a file is missing, what could it possibly be, given that I did a fresh install? As this may be an 'ignorant' kind of question, something I should really know but don't, about paths and permissions, there may be someone else on the list with time (in lockdown like I am) to put me right. Julian On 28/5/21 5:15 pm, Hans Hagen 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
On 5/28/2021 7:13 AM, jbf wrote: 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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