Re: texworks crashes with a context mkiv example

Hi Bruno,

On Wed, 2026-03-18 at 14:59 +0100, Bruno Voisin wrote:
> > On 18 Mar 2026, at 10:57, Max Chernoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thanks again for the report, I've forwarded it upstream:
> >
> >    https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/3YTWOWRQJ3ZZHHAU6V6NFESSN3MLNNJE/
>
> Thanks Max, after looking at that thread, if I understand correctly, it's:
>
> mtxrun --generate		-> create file database for luametatex
> context --generate --luatex	-> create file database for luatex
>
> [...]
>
> right? And the first (mtxrun --generate) must be run before the second
> (context --generate --luatex)?

Yup. With the added note that tlmgr _used_ to run "context --generate
--luatex", until I told Karl to switch to (the incorrect) "mtxrun
--luatex --generate" a month ago.

> context --make			-> create ltmx cont-en format
> context --make --luatex		-> create mkiv cont-en format

Also correct, but ConTeXt generally handles remaking its formats
whenever needed, so you'll usually only need to manually run these
commands if you've patched some core ConTeXt files or to fix a weird
bug.

> And you've modified the tl scripts already to take that into account,
> so the update should be offered by tlmgr tomorrow?

Karl beat me to answering this one, but correct again.

Thanks,
-- Max