Re: ConTeXt on NixOS

On 7/18/2026 11:05 PM, Jim Diamond wrote:

> warning: (kpathsea) /usr/local/context-mymods/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf:49: (kpathsea) No cnf value on line: OSFONTDIR =.
> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.25.9 (TeX Live 2027/dev)  (INITEX)
>   system commands enabled.
> ! I can't find file `luatex-plain.tex'.
> <*> luatex-plain.tex
>                       dump
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
> Please type another input file name:
> ! Emergency stop.
> <*>

ah, so no kpse ... maybe i should ship the emulator (after all mtxrun 
can act as such) ... you can remind me every now and then

> and at some point I begin to wonder how deep the rabbit hole is.
not so deep, maybe you have mktexlsr somewhere on the system

Hans



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