This is something I don't understand. In the mk.pdf manual on luatex on page 21 there is the following example: luatools --ini plain Instead of the expected output 120,808 plain.fmt etc. I get an error: "There is no lua initialization file found. ..." Running "luatools --generate" does not help. There is a hint: "This file can be forced by the --progname directve, or specified with --luaname,..." How can I get a "lua initialization file" in order to not have the error. And how do I interpret the hint, as the text of the error message is too cryptic for me to understand. Hans van der Meer
Hans van der Meer wrote:
This is something I don't understand.
In the mk.pdf manual on luatex on page 21 there is the following example:
luatools --ini plain
luatools --make plain (this will use the context base lua files) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
luatools --ini plain
Instead of the expected output 120,808 plain.fmt etc. I get an error: "There is no lua initialization file found. ..."
The ConTeXt tools don't support plain. If you really want a plain format for LuaTeX you can run luatex -ini instead: luatex -ini -jobname=luatex plain \\dump But why do you want plain LuaTeX in the first place? If it's only to test the mk document, you should realize it's not a user manual. Arthur
On 14 apr 2008, at 00:38, Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
luatools --ini plain
Instead of the expected output 120,808 plain.fmt etc. I get an error: "There is no lua initialization file found. ..."
The ConTeXt tools don't support plain. If you really want a plain format for LuaTeX you can run luatex -ini instead:
luatex -ini -jobname=luatex plain \\dump
But why do you want plain LuaTeX in the first place? If it's only to test the mk document, you should realize it's not a user manual.
Why I am doing this? Just because I want to experiment with luatex and to acquire experience using it. And what better to start with then examples given in the accompanying document. It might not be a user manual, but does that mean its information is not to be used? I am quite aware of the preliminary nature of the document. That is what this newsgroup is for. By the way, Hans Hagen in the mean time corrected the call to "luatools --make plain". Hans van der Meer
Hans van der Meer wrote:
On 14 apr 2008, at 00:38, Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
luatools --ini plain
Instead of the expected output 120,808 plain.fmt etc. I get an error: "There is no lua initialization file found. ..." The ConTeXt tools don't support plain. If you really want a plain format for LuaTeX you can run luatex -ini instead:
luatex -ini -jobname=luatex plain \\dump
But why do you want plain LuaTeX in the first place? If it's only to test the mk document, you should realize it's not a user manual.
Why I am doing this? Just because I want to experiment with luatex and to acquire experience using it. And what better to start with then examples given in the accompanying document. It might not be a user manual, but does that mean its information is not to be used? I am quite aware of the preliminary nature of the document. That is what this newsgroup is for. By the way, Hans Hagen in the mean time corrected the call to "luatools --make plain".
in most cases examples in mk should work and if not, they should be corrected (it's a kind of dev history and i try to keep things up to date so send patches if needed) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
participants (3)
-
Arthur Reutenauer -
Hans Hagen -
Hans van der Meer