Hi all, Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find): mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories): ~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts Checked if the file could be found: luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf` In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir): \input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work). Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing? Thank you kindly, Aíre.
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
Hi all,
Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find):
mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
Checked if the file could be found:
luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
\input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck
Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work).
Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing?
Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure). You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it. Aditya
On Thu May 15 23:07:40 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
Hi all,
Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find):
mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
Checked if the file could be found:
luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
\input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck
Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work).
Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing?
Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure).
You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it.
Aditya
Thank you, will re-read it forthwith, must have missed something. It just feels wrong to put re-usable project files inside the distribution tree. Still feel like an idiot, if not more so. Can anyone enlighten me then as to the purpose of `$HOME/texmf`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-local`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts`, etc., considering they are all, for example, configured in the file: `$TEXMF/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf`? Which I assumed incorrectly it seems, the name resolvers would use. Thanks a lot again, I realise this must be beneath you all, Aíre.
On Thu May 15 23:23:07 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:07:40 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
Hi all,
Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find):
mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
Checked if the file could be found:
luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
\input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck
Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work).
Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing?
Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure).
You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it.
Aditya
Thank you, will re-read it forthwith, must have missed something. It just feels wrong to put re-usable project files inside the distribution tree. Still feel like an idiot, if not more so.
Can anyone enlighten me then as to the purpose of `$HOME/texmf`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-local`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts`, etc., considering they are all, for example, configured in the file: `$TEXMF/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf`? Which I assumed incorrectly it seems, the name resolvers would use.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/177459/learning-plain-tex-via-context... Maybe helpful to someone.
On 5/16/2014 10:56 PM, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:23:07 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:07:40 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
Hi all,
Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find):
mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
Checked if the file could be found:
luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
\input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck
Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work).
Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing?
Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure).
You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it.
Aditya
Thank you, will re-read it forthwith, must have missed something. It just feels wrong to put re-usable project files inside the distribution tree. Still feel like an idiot, if not more so.
project specific files go into <texroot>/texmf-project/tex/context/user additional fonts into <texroot>/texmf-fonts/fonts/data these are in the tds tree but never overwritten
Can anyone enlighten me then as to the purpose of `$HOME/texmf`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-local`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts`, etc., considering they are all, for example, configured in the file: `$TEXMF/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf`? Which I assumed incorrectly it seems, the name resolvers would use.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/177459/learning-plain-tex-via-context...
context mkiv doesn't use texmf.cnf at all but texmfcnf.lua instead (and also has its own file management subsystem) already right from the start context had process management with 'texmfstart + texexec' (mkii) and 'mtxrun + context' (mkiv) 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 Fri May 16 23:51:08 2014, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 5/16/2014 10:56 PM, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:23:07 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:07:40 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
Hi all,
Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find):
mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
Checked if the file could be found:
luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
\input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck
Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work).
Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing?
Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure).
You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it.
Aditya
Thank you, will re-read it forthwith, must have missed something. It just feels wrong to put re-usable project files inside the distribution tree. Still feel like an idiot, if not more so.
project specific files go into
<texroot>/texmf-project/tex/context/user
additional fonts into
<texroot>/texmf-fonts/fonts/data
these are in the tds tree but never overwritten
Can anyone enlighten me then as to the purpose of `$HOME/texmf`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-local`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts`, etc., considering they are all, for example, configured in the file: `$TEXMF/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf`? Which I assumed incorrectly it seems, the name resolvers would use.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/177459/learning-plain-tex-via-context...
context mkiv doesn't use texmf.cnf at all but texmfcnf.lua instead (and also has its own file management subsystem)
already right from the start context had process management with 'texmfstart + texexec' (mkii) and 'mtxrun + context' (mkiv)
Hans
Thank you very much. Does this apply to LuaTeX-plain as well (`luatex.exe --fmt luatex-plain`)? LuaTeX works fine if I set `$TEXMFHOME` (MacOSX) or `%TEXMFHOME%` (Windows) environment variables, or put files in default location `$HOME/texmf` (Mac). But otherwise, I seem to have problems. Will try the to use the `texmf-project/..` and `texmf-fonts/..` directories though.
On 5/17/2014 12:01 AM, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Fri May 16 23:51:08 2014, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 5/16/2014 10:56 PM, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:23:07 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
On Thu May 15 23:07:40 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Aíre Funvake wrote:
Hi all,
Never felt so incompetent in my life -- just cannot get LuaTeX to find fonts or `*.tex` files for use with `\input <filename>`, or `font\xxx = <font-or-filename>`. Even though, these commands were executed (all I could find):
mktexlsr mtxrun --script base --generate luatools --generate context --generate mtxrun --script fonts --update --force mtxrun --script fonts --udpate --simple
Tried putting files in (in the roots and subdirectories):
~/texmf ~/ctx/tex/texmf-project ~/ctx/tex/texmf-local ~/ctx/tex/texmf-fonts
Checked if the file could be found:
luatools --find-file xxxx.tex <--- finds it luatools --find-file xxx.otf <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxxx.tex <--- finds it mtxrun --locate xxx.otf <--- finds it kpsewhich/where <--- finds only if in `~/texmf`
In .tex file (even when files are in `~/texmf` dir):
\input xxxx or xxxx.tex <--- no luck \font\myfont = name:xxxx <--- no luck \font\myfont = file:xxxx.otf <--- no luck
Sorry, but reading and searching for hours did not bring any solu- tion. Not sure if there is a configuration file like `texmf.cnf` or the `context.cnf` that must be modified, or and environment var- iable like `TEXMFHOME` (default seems to be `~/texmf`, and that's OK, if only it would only work).
Sorry to spam this list with questions which may seem very fundamental to you. Hope to be able to reciprocate sometime. What am I missing?
Read about TDS (TeX Directory Structure).
You need to put files in $TEXMF/tex/plain/ subdirectory for Plain format to find it, or in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ subdirectory for all macro packages (plain, latex, context) to find it.
Aditya
Thank you, will re-read it forthwith, must have missed something. It just feels wrong to put re-usable project files inside the distribution tree. Still feel like an idiot, if not more so.
project specific files go into
<texroot>/texmf-project/tex/context/user
additional fonts into
<texroot>/texmf-fonts/fonts/data
these are in the tds tree but never overwritten
Can anyone enlighten me then as to the purpose of `$HOME/texmf`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-local`, `$TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts`, etc., considering they are all, for example, configured in the file: `$TEXMF/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf`? Which I assumed incorrectly it seems, the name resolvers would use.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/177459/learning-plain-tex-via-context...
context mkiv doesn't use texmf.cnf at all but texmfcnf.lua instead (and also has its own file management subsystem)
already right from the start context had process management with 'texmfstart + texexec' (mkii) and 'mtxrun + context' (mkiv)
Hans
Thank you very much. Does this apply to LuaTeX-plain as well (`luatex.exe --fmt luatex-plain`)? LuaTeX works fine if I set `$TEXMFHOME` (MacOSX) or `%TEXMFHOME%` (Windows) environment variables, or put files in default location `$HOME/texmf` (Mac). But otherwise, I seem to have problems. Will try the to use the `texmf-project/..` and `texmf-fonts/..` directories though.
no, the plain variant uses kpse and texmf.cnf (I never use texmfhome or hometexmf or whatever it has evolved through over the years, and, as texmf, texmf-local, texmf-dist have changed order and usage over time as well, I also never put stuff in there.) Hans
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