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Joel C. Salomon

15 Jan 2008 15 Jan '08

2:25 p.m.

...is still not working for me. For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I suppose), had it worked "out of the box" or is "some assembly required"? --Joel

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luigi scarso

15 Jan 15 Jan

3:12 p.m.

On 1/15/08, Joel C. Salomon wrote:

...is still not working for me.

For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I suppose), had it worked "out of the box" or is "some assembly required"? Works ok here with files from pragma and luatex from www.luatex.org

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10" -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Aditya Mahajan

5:47 p.m.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Joel C. Salomon wrote:

...is still not working for me.

For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I suppose), had it worked "out of the box" or is "some assembly required"?

Can you use Debian sid repositories for Hardy? If so, Norbert Preining provides deb packages for context, texlive, luatex, and tex-gyre, which are fairly up-to-date, and may be the easiest way to get a fully working mkiv. I use Gusty and have a almost fully working mkiv. I compiled luatex on my own, and had to set TEXMFCNF and LUAINPUTS variables in my shell. Aditya

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Joel C. Salomon

7:47 p.m.

On Jan 15, 2008 7:47 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

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For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I suppose), had it worked "out of the box" or is "some assembly required"?

Can you use Debian sid repositories for Hardy? If so, Norbert Preining provides deb packages for context, texlive, luatex, and tex-gyre, which are fairly up-to-date, and may be the easiest way to get a fully working mkiv.

As I understand it, Dr Preining is the Debian maintainer of the context, luatex, &c. packages, and so the .debs on his website are previews of the official packages. I'd installed and uninstalled his packages trying to make things work, but only the install I did today actually produced PDF output from "texexec --luatex hello.tex". I did, however need to generate the format files; Norbert, can you please include that in the ConTeXt package set-up? (As an aside, texlive-xetex depends on a version of libpoppler that my Ubuntu system doesn't yet have.)

I use Gusty and have a almost fully working mkiv. I compiled luatex on my own, and had to set TEXMFCNF and LUAINPUTS variables in my shell.

Don't have them in the environment, only in kpathsea, but the compilation went OK. Is there a test file with mkiv-only features I can better test my installation on? --Joel

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Aditya Mahajan

8:51 p.m.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Joel C. Salomon wrote:

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I use Gusty and have a almost fully working mkiv. I compiled luatex on my own, and had to set TEXMFCNF and LUAINPUTS variables in my shell.

Don't have them in the environment, only in kpathsea, but the compilation went OK.

I needed them to get mkiv run properly, otherwise luatools was getting confused by my mashed up setup.

Is there a test file with mkiv-only features I can better test my installation on?

\ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;} This will definitely not work for mkii :) Aditya

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Joel C. Salomon

16 Jan 16 Jan

10:27 a.m.

On Jan 15, 2008 10:51 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

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Is there a test file with mkiv-only features I can better test my installation on?

\ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;}

This will definitely not work for mkii :)

Good point; and here's where I ran into trouble: chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ cat hello_lua.tex \starttext Hello World \ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;} \stoptext chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texexec --lutex hello_lua.tex TeXExec | processing document 'hello_lua.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file hello_lua.top TeXExec | using randomseed 657 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./hello_lua.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.01.02 14:18 MKII fmt: 2008.1.15 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-one.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec-

13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : hello_lua.top loaded (./hello_lua.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file hello_lua at line 1 ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \ctxlua {a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;} ?

Is texexec for some reason not actually running luatex here? --Joel

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Taco Hoekwater

4:49 p.m.

Joel C. Salomon wrote:

On Jan 15, 2008 10:51 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

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Is there a test file with mkiv-only features I can better test my installation on? \ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;}

This will definitely not work for mkii :)

Good point; and here's where I ran into trouble: ... ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \ctxlua {a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;} ?

Is texexec for some reason not actually running luatex here?

Yes ...

chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texexec --lutex hello_lua.tex

--luatex, not --lutex typos on texexec's command line are silently ignored, and mkii is still the default, so texexec runs pdftex instead of luatex. Best wishes, Taco

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Joel C. Salomon

17 Jan 17 Jan

12:52 p.m.

On Jan 16, 2008 6:49 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

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Is texexec for some reason not actually running luatex here?

Yes ...

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chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texexec --lutex hello_lua.tex

--luatex, not --lutex

Good eye! But now the problem looks different: chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ cat hello_lua.tex \starttext Hello World \ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;} \stoptext chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texexec --luatex hello_lua.tex TeXExec | processing document 'hello_lua.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file hello_lua.top TeXExec | using randomseed 734 TeXExec | tex engine: luatex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en LuaTools | using format name ///home/chesky/luatex-cache/context/192d6cc536013c8f36d612384a3a539c/formats/cont-en.fmt LuaTools | no luc/lua with name ///home/chesky/luatex-cache/context/192d6cc536013c8f36d612384a3a539c/formats/cont-en LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.012 seconds TeXUtil | parsing file hello_lua.tui TeXUtil | check loading of file 'hello_lua', begin/end problem TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 3 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 0.399001 chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ ...and no PDF file is generated. Any clues as to what I'm still doing wrong? --Joel

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luigi scarso

1:36 p.m.

What about $> luatools --variables and $>texlua -help -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Joel C. Salomon

5:40 p.m.

On Jan 17, 2008 3:36 PM, luigi scarso wrote:

What about

$> luatools --variables and $>texlua -help

chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ luatools --variables chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texlua -help Usage: luatex --lua=FILE [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] or: luatex --lua=FILE [OPTION]... \FIRST-LINE or: luatex --lua=FILE [OPTION]... &FMT ARGS Run luaTeX on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luatex input, after TEXNAME is read. Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a backslash, interpret all non-option arguments as a line of luatex input. Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a &, the next word is taken as the FMT to read, overriding all else. Any remaining arguments are processed as above. If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input. --lua=FILE the lua initialization file --safer disable some easily exploitable lua commands --fmt=FORMAT load the format file FORMAT --ini be initex, for dumping formats --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Alternate behaviour models can be obtained by special switches --luaonly run a lua file, then exit --luaconly byte-compile a lua file, then exit Email bug reports to dev-luatex@ntg.nl. chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$

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luigi scarso

7:44 p.m.

chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ luatools --variables Nothing ? Strange, here $>luatools --variables AFMFONTS=.:$TEXMF/fonts/afm//:$OSFONTDIR// BIBINPUTS=.:$TEXMF/bibtex/bib// BIBINPUTS.bibtex8=.:$TEXMF/bibtex/{bib,}// BSTINPUTS=.:$TEXMF/bibtex/{bst,csf}// BSTINPUTS.bibtex8=.:$TEXMF/bibtex/{bst,csf,}// CMAPFONTS=.:$TEXMF/fonts/cmap// CWEBINPUTS=.:$TEXMF/cweb// ENCFONTS=.:$TEXMF/fonts/enc// FC_CACHEDIR=$SELFAUTOLOC/cache FONTCONFIG_FILE=fonts.conf <snippet> parse_first_line=t parse_first_line.tex=f pool_free=47500 pool_size=1250000 save_size=5000 shell_escape=f stack_size=5000 string_vacancies=90000 trie_size=300000

(166 lines) Do you have luatools in your $PATH ? It should be in the same dir of texlua.

chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texlua -help Usage: luatex --lua=FILE [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] ok, texlua is in your $PATH

-- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Taco Hoekwater

18 Jan 18 Jan

12:41 a.m.

luigi scarso wrote:

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chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ luatools --variables Nothing ?

Just in case: Did you run $ luatools --generate and $ texexec --make --luatex ? Best wishes, Taco

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Aditya Mahajan

16 Jan 16 Jan

5:38 p.m.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Joel C. Salomon wrote:

On Jan 15, 2008 10:51 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

...
...
Is there a test file with mkiv-only features I can better test my installation on?

\ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;}

This will definitely not work for mkii :)

Good point; and here's where I ran into trouble:

chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ cat hello_lua.tex \starttext Hello World \ctxlua{a = 1.5 ; b = 1.8 ; c = a*b ; tex.print(c) ;} \stoptext

chesky@maxwell:~/Documents/tex practice$ texexec --lutex hello_lua.tex [snip] ConTeXt ver: 2008.01.02 14:18 MKII fmt: 2008.1.15 int: english/english

Notice MKII here. This means MKII is running. Did you actually type --lutex (the correct option is --luatex or simply --lua)? Aditya

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Alex Lubberts

3:37 a.m.

...is still not working for me.

For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I suppose), had it worked "out of the box" or is "some assembly required"?

For me the linux minimals from minimals.contextgarden.net work perfectly on Ubuntu 7.10. Very easy to install as well. Regards, Alex

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Olivier

18 Jan 18 Jan

12:47 a.m.

Quoting "Joel C. Salomon" :

-- was joelcsalomon@gmail.com on Jan 15, 2008 at 04:25:09PM --

...is still not working for me.

For those of you who have used mkiv under Ubuntu (or Debian, I suppose), had it worked "out of the box" or is "some assembly required"?

I am using Debian packages. It works but as Aditya already said, you have to export at least those two variables: TEXMFCNF and TEXMFCACHE. So something like : $ export TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c $ cd ~; mkdir .texmf-cache $ export TEXMFCACHE=~/.texmf-cache $ luatools --generate $ texexec --lua --make --all and then $ texexec --luatex test.tex should work. But (from your mails) you do not seem to have set the environment variables correctly. Olivier

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Joel C. Salomon

9:45 a.m.

On Jan 18, 2008 2:47 AM, Olivier wrote:

I am using Debian packages. It works but as Aditya already said, you have to export at least those two variables: TEXMFCNF and TEXMFCACHE. <snip> But (from your mails) you do not seem to have set the environment variables correctly.

That put me on the right track: chesky@maxwell:~$ kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXMFCNF' /usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c chesky@maxwell:~$ luatools --generate LuaTools | skipping /usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.005 seconds chesky@maxwell:~$ export TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c chesky@maxwell:~$ luatools --generate LuaTools | loading /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf <many lines of output deleted> ...And now mkiv works! So do I report as a Debian/Ubuntu package bug that TEXMFCNF is set with multiple directories, or as a luatools bug that it can't handle a multiple path? --Joel

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