Hi experts, Would someone please provide a basic recipe to correctly install the new alpha release locally. I would like to test the new alpha code but am a bit confused as to what exactly to install and how.
1. "on the website", is this indeed http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip as http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-3.htm currently lists as (not available)? Should this be unzipped under /usr/local/context.alpha/tex/texmf-context for example? 2. "no beta as mkiv needs the trunk version of luatex" Does this mean http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/download/frsrelease/350/1332/luatex- snapshot-0.42.0.tar.bz2 to be compiled and then somehow installed into the local tree. >From luatex-snapshot-0.42.0/INSTALL > Post-compilation installation should be a simple matter > of copying the executable to a normal place for web2c > binaries and generating the desired formats. > > You may want to install the executable under the names > 'texlua' and 'texluac' as well (create a copy or symlink) I currently work with the contextgarden minimals. Under the minimals, these are located at tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/texlua tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/texluac on my machine. Sorry for such basic questions. Thanks Alan On Tuesday 14 July 2009 19:39:09 Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi > > I've put an alpha release on the website > > - no beta as mkiv needs the trunk version of luatex > - a close to complete split in mkii/mkiv > - cleaned up mkiv code > - cleaned up mkiv backend (some pending issues) > - some speedups in mkiv > - a few fixes in mkii > - updated mkiv typescripts (more to come) > - fixes in mkiv structure > > this version is not replicated on the context garden as we run older > luatex binaries there (0.45 release by the end of this month) > > you can unzip this file on your locla tree but best first rename the > tex/context/base directory and make a fresh one as otherwise you end up > with a weird mixture (due to the definitive split in .mkii/.mkiv there > are not that many shared .tex files any more) > > on the upcoming tex live there will be an updated mkii (either this one > or the current beta which is basically a current for mkii) and an old > mkiv (maybe the beta) or a new one but that one will not run then with > the luatex on texlive as it is too old; this is no big deal as you can > either use the minimals or use the new updater in the upcoming tex live > to fetch newer binaries (norbert and mojca showed that trickery at > bachotek 2009) > > next on the mkiv agenda is an upgrade/rework of everything related to > page building but it might as well be postponed till we have a bit more > access (which will happen sometime after eurotex); the first priority is > to get the new structure related code right but as idris is already > publising books made by mkiv it's not that bad as it sounds. > > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________