Re: ConTeXt on NixOS

On 7/18/2026 11:40 PM, Jim Diamond wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 23:19 (+0200), Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> Only if you want to tell people that they can use mtxrun to compile plain
> TeX docs.  ;-)

No problem, i know one users.

> Well, I do, in my TeXlive distribution.  But I figured the point of your
> much earlier message was for me to be able to run plain on the stand-alone
> ConTeXt distribution.

sure, you proved me wrong,

Hans

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