[NTG-context] write18

[Adam Lindsay]

Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> On 5 Feb 2006, at 05:10, David Arnold wrote:
>>
>>> Gerben,
>>>
>>> With a default install of Context, I don't believe write18 is
>>> enabled nor run time development of Metapost graphics. Do you do
>>> any of that?
>
> If a change would require a non-secure standard config, I will not do  
> it. Nor will I if there is a reasonable run-time (not configure time)  
> workaround (e.g. adding -shell-escape to tex can be done runtime and  
> is thus a better security strategy than turning it on by default). If  
> it is possible to offer some configuration options to the user, I  
> will investigate.

Gerben, David,

I think the technique I documented here:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Texmf.cnf
...is probably a good compromise for one or the other of you. It doesn't 
compromise the system as a whole, but it does compromise/add-feature for 
ConTeXt.

adam
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