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On 8/16/2022 1:43 PM, amano.kenji via ntg-context wrote:
Even if I put the installation in an archive and make a linux package that installs the archive, I still have to modify contextcnf.lua which isn't intended to handle differing system-wide installation paths of various POSIX-like operating systems.
And, I don't really know
* what the variables in contextcnf.lua mean and do. * whether there is a way to override certain variables in contextcnf.lua with another file. A separate override file is going to make it easy for linux distributions to override certain variables in contextcnf.lua. mtxrun --generate
reports all kind of locations where configurations files are looked for one can also set environment variables and see what is used mtxrun --variables mtxrun --expansions so there are plenty ways to configure and you can run
mtxrun --configurations
which on my machine gives system | resolved | file : c:/data/develop/tex-context/tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmfcnf.lua system | resolved | file : c:/data/develop/tex-context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua indicating that i use an additional configuration file there are some boundary conditions: - we use mtxrun as runner and that one used luatex as lua engine - this means that mtxrun[.lua] has to be in the same path as the binary in lmtx we even go a bit further: - in lmtx there is mtxrun.lua - as well as context.lua - there are 'mtxrun' and 'context' binaries that are either copies or symlinks to luametatex in the same path - this is the same on unix and windows in lmtx luametatex is also used as runner for mkiv when installed on unix i normally just install the minimal tree and then either add the bin path to the path or just run mtxrun fully qualified (actually always for the whole system under /data/context) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------