Re: Recent releases of ConTeXt LMTX crash at \starttext when expl3 is loaded

On 7/28/2026 8:19 AM, Joseph Wright wrote:
> On 27/07/2026 19:39, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
>> I'll check it. There will be some updates anyway, preluding the half 
>> year release.
> I note the warning message is by-design. If there is anything we should 
> adjust to avoid clashes with ConTeXt internals, please do say.

I have no clue why someone would use expl in context so there is little 
need to give this priority.

> (I know the backend part do not work properly, but I think 'well that's 
> really not the way to do things in ConTeXt' seems like a reasonable 
> position. I guess one day I might get round to this, but working out the 
> official way to do stuff and fitting to the expl3 model looks like quite 
> a bit of work.)

I wouldn't waste time on that.

Hans

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