Re: [NTG-context] luatools error message

15 Aug 2007

      On Aug 15, 2007, at 11:15, Hans Hagen wrote:
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Hans van der Meer wrote:
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On Aug 14, 2007, at 0:19, Hans Hagen wrote:
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Hans van der Meer wrote:
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On "luatools --generate" I get this error message:
luac:
....bdbf68d574f1472c0c2a0dcccac69/trees/
8380572d1d594c806eb224cb2d00c228.tma:20:
unfinished string near ''Icon'
This could be caused by the fact that my system (Macintosh OSX)
here and
there files with the name Icon? (the ? is part of the name) are
sprinkled.
I suspect the unfinished string is triggered by the trailing
questionmark
Is it harmful? Can this be prevented, acting on the maxim:
"silence the
compiler"?
hm, i need to look into that, what is the exact name of such a file?
Just <> (excluding the enclosing <<>>)
can you send me that tma file? maybe a problem with the serialization
Here is a part of (one of the) tma files:

return {
	['type']='files',
	['version']='1.0.1',
	['root']='/Users/hans/Library/texmf',
	['time']='11:18:34',
	['content']={
		['ec-raw-lstb.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['ec-raw-lbr.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['amsabfonts.sty']='tex/latex/local',
		['hlhr8a.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['hlsu8c.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['hlcbot8r.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['arrowWN.tfm']='fonts/tfm/local/lines-arrows',
		['arrowHS.tfm']='fonts/tfm/local/lines-arrows',
		['remap:arrowhs.tfm']='arrowHS.tfm',
		['hvdm-art.tex']='tex/context/user',
		['hlhri8a.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['arrowSS.tfm']='fonts/tfm/local/lines-arrows',
		['hlxbi8r.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['Icon
']={'source/local/EXAMS','source/local'},
		['cmttu10.tfm']='fonts/tfm/local/lines-arrows',
		['hlsrt8r.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['texnansi-raw-lsr.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida',
		['obox.sty']='tex/latex/local',
		['texnansi-lstbo.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida',
		['hlhri8t.vf']='fonts/vf/yandy/lucida-h',
		['hlhbc9d.vf']='fonts/vf/yandy/lucida-h',
		['lbh.pfb']='fonts/type1/yandy/lucida',
		['hlhb8t.tfm']='fonts/tfm/yandy/lucida-h',
		['exampa.tex']='source/local/EXAMS',
		['inline-org.tex']='tex/latex/cd-cases',
		['remap:.ds_store']='.DS_Store',
		['lbi.pfb']='fonts/type1/yandy/lucida',
		['remap:arrowwt.tfm']='arrowWT.tfm',

There is a file "source/local/Icon?" (dblquotes excluded) that must  
be the culprit. Its just a file entry, no contents. But as an  
artifact of the MaOSX system it cannot be ignored (and I'd like not  
to throw them all away, risking they will appear again unnoticed). I  
would be glad if it could be dealt with.
As can be seen, after "['Icon" a newline follows in the tma entry and  
I am fairly sure that this will trigger the error.
Furthermore I draw attention to the ".DS_Store" file, which is a  
MacOSX specific file that can be safely ignored.

I find in the log:
luac: ...16b2bec096137ef905785b0b02d6a/trees/ 
8380572d1d594c806eb224cb2d00c228.tma:20: unfinished string near ''Icon'
LuaTools | compiling files to /Users/hans/tmp/luatex-cache/context/ 
45016b2bec096137ef905785b0b02d6a/trees/ 
8380572d1d594c806eb224cb2d00c228.tmc
LuaTools | compiling failed for files, deleting file /Users/hans/tmp/ 
luatex-cache/context/45016b2bec096137ef905785b0b02d6a/trees/ 
8380572d1d594c806eb224cb2d00c228.tmc

Can this be caused by the Icon business? Does it cause problems?

By the way. In the TEXMFCACHE-directory it seems that each time I do  
"luatools --generate" a new directory with a name like  
"b9039f6e25c37964f568cecc8a8f763d" is generated. What do I do with  
them? Keep only the most recent and throw the rest away? Aren't older  
ones not cleaned out automatically? Also there are various tma and  
tmc files in a tree directory. That ok?

Hans van der Meer