How to add a local texmf tree to context minimals?
I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates? -- Ulrike Fischer
My solution to this is to make ---/context/tex/texmf-local a soft link to my texmf tree. Hans van der Meer On 23 mrt 2011, at 19:31, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates?
-- Ulrike Fischer
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Am Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:47:47 +0100 schrieb Hans van der Meer:
I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates?
My solution to this is to make ---/context/tex/texmf-local a soft link to my texmf tree.
At first I'm on windows XP so I don't think that soft links would work. At second I want actually to add more than one tree ;-) My main problem is that there quite a lot of configuration files which look like good candidates (I found texmf.cnf, texmfcnf.lua, context.cnt, contextcnf.lua.) and that I don't know where to put a local version which will not be changed by updates. -- Ulrike Fischer
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 20:08, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
At second I want actually to add more than one tree ;-)
My main problem is that there quite a lot of configuration files which look like good candidates (I found texmf.cnf, texmfcnf.lua, context.cnt, contextcnf.lua.) and that I don't know where to put a local version which will not be changed by updates.
texmf.cnf is for MKII and texmfcnf.lua is for MKIV. The files context.cnf and contextcnf.lua are not used. They are usually just the source for texmf.cnf and texmfcnf.lua, but they are not taken automatically. One way is to set environmental variables, but probably a better way is to create a copy of texmf.cnf & texmfcnf.lua in texmf-local/web2c/ and change the TEXMF variable there. No, wait. texmf-local is not known until texmf.cnf is actually read in (chicked-and-egg problem). Can you please try to put texmf.cnf in top level (next to setuptex) and see if mkii/kpathsea works that way (finds proper trees)? There is a hardcoded algorithm with a list of paths that are checked for texmf.cnf file, but I'm not sure what the sequence of those paths is. For MKIV you can put texmfcnf.lua anywhere and then set the TEXMFCNF environmental variable (I think, I'm not sure, I would have to try again), but the better way is to make it work automatically in the same way as for MKII, let's say by putting a modified version of texmfcnf.lua two folders up. Mojca
On 24-3-2011 7:57, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 20:08, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
At second I want actually to add more than one tree ;-)
My main problem is that there quite a lot of configuration files which look like good candidates (I found texmf.cnf, texmfcnf.lua, context.cnt, contextcnf.lua.) and that I don't know where to put a local version which will not be changed by updates.
texmf.cnf is for MKII and texmfcnf.lua is for MKIV. The files context.cnf and contextcnf.lua are not used. They are usually just the source for texmf.cnf and texmfcnf.lua, but they are not taken automatically.
One way is to set environmental variables, but probably a better way is to create a copy of texmf.cnf& texmfcnf.lua in texmf-local/web2c/ and change the TEXMF variable there. No, wait. texmf-local is not known until texmf.cnf is actually read in (chicked-and-egg problem).
Did you test it? Just put a cnf there and run mtxrun --configurations and see what gets reported. Here I have one in the local tree because I need to hook in my dev paths. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Am Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:57:36 +0100 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
At second I want actually to add more than one tree ;-)
My main problem is that there quite a lot of configuration files which look like good candidates (I found texmf.cnf, texmfcnf.lua, context.cnt, contextcnf.lua.) and that I don't know where to put a local version which will not be changed by updates.
texmf.cnf is for MKII and texmfcnf.lua is for MKIV. The files context.cnf and contextcnf.lua are not used. They are usually just the source for texmf.cnf and texmfcnf.lua, but they are not taken automatically.
One way is to set environmental variables, but probably a better way is to create a copy of texmf.cnf & texmfcnf.lua in texmf-local/web2c/ and change the TEXMF variable there. No, wait. texmf-local is not known until texmf.cnf is actually read in (chicked-and-egg problem). Can you please try to put texmf.cnf in top level (next to setuptex) and see if mkii/kpathsea works that way (finds proper trees)? There is a hardcoded algorithm with a list of paths that are checked for texmf.cnf file, but I'm not sure what the sequence of those paths is.
It seems to work if I move texmfcnf.lua to texmf-local (even unchanged it had an immediate effect: nothing worked anymore, until I run a "mtxrun --generate" ;-).) Now I have to find out, where to store the files so that both context and latex can use them. -- Ulrike Fischer
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:39, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
It seems to work if I move texmfcnf.lua to texmf-local (even unchanged it had an immediate effect: nothing worked anymore, until I run a "mtxrun --generate" ;-).)
Now I have to find out, where to store the files so that both context and latex can use them.
If LaTeX needs a modified setup, you need to copy and adapt texmf.cnf (like for MKII). Mojca (No, I admit that I didn't test if texmf.cnf in texmf-local works, but I would find it at least a bit weird if it texmf-local would be hardcoded into kpathsea.)
Am Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:45:55 +0100 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:39, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
It seems to work if I move texmfcnf.lua to texmf-local (even unchanged it had an immediate effect: nothing worked anymore, until I run a "mtxrun --generate" ;-).)
Now I have to find out, where to store the files so that both context and latex can use them.
If LaTeX needs a modified setup, you need to copy and adapt texmf.cnf (like for MKII).
I'm using the latex from my miktex installation. The context minimal are needed only for the context tests. -- Ulrike Fischer
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:08, Ulrike Fischer
Am Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:45:55 +0100 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:39, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
It seems to work if I move texmfcnf.lua to texmf-local (even unchanged it had an immediate effect: nothing worked anymore, until I run a "mtxrun --generate" ;-).)
Now I have to find out, where to store the files so that both context and latex can use them.
If LaTeX needs a modified setup, you need to copy and adapt texmf.cnf (like for MKII).
I'm using the latex from my miktex installation. The context minimal are needed only for the context tests.
In MikTeX you only need to open the GUI and add a new TeX root + regenerate the FNDB (file name database). Mojca
On 23-3-2011 7:31, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates?
you can use texmf-project (or texmf-fonts) for that (just create them if they are not there, the configuration handles it) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 23-3-2011 7:31, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates?
you can use texmf-project (or texmf-fonts) for that (just create them if they are not there, the configuration handles it)
But what if one needs multiple trees, say one tree for each package. I am not sure what is the best way to set the trees in that case. One could modify both texmf.cnf and texmfcnf.lua, but they will be overwritten in the next update. In which tree can I copy these files so that they are not overwritten when updating, but are still found by luatools/kpsewhich. One can set $TEXMFLOCAL, but that will be global (all TeX installations). I usually copy setuptex to a different name, modify TEXMFLOCAL (or whatever variable I want to change) in it, and then source this file instead of setuptex[1]. But surely there should be a cleaner way to do this. Aditya [1]: Actually, my installation scripts overwrite setuptex with this new file, each time I update context.
On 23-3-2011 11:30, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
One could modify both texmf.cnf and texmfcnf.lua, but they will be overwritten in the next update. In which tree can I copy these files so that they are not overwritten when updating, but are still found by luatools/kpsewhich.
One can set $TEXMFLOCAL, but that will be global (all TeX installations).
or TEXMF however, you can have a local texmfcnf.lua file .. first set values win Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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