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

On 28/07/2026 09:55, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
> 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.

Cross-format working - which is where this really comes from.

>> (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.
Neither would I ... so far :-)

Joseph
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