[Scons-dev] Built-in support for ConTeXt

[Maggyero]

ConTeXt can use different TeX engines like pdfTeX, XeTeX or LuaTeX. The
former version of ConTeXt — called Mark II (abbreviated MKII) — was based
on pdfTeX and XeTeX while the current version — called Mark IV (abbreviated
MKIV) — is based on LuaTeX, although one could select the TeX engine used
(cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt). So yes, LuaTeX is now the
preferred way to run it.

O.K., thank you. For using ConTeXt, if you have TeXLive (or MacTeX)
installed it is already included in the distribution. Or you can use the
standalone version that you can download on the official website of the
company PRAGMA Advanced Document Engineering (http://www.pragma-ade.com).
There is a wiki called ConTeXt Garden explaining how to install it and use
it (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page). On this wiki you can also use
ConTeXt online if you want to try it immediately without installing
anything (http://live.contextgarden.net). And the last version of the
reference manual can be found on the wiki (
http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf <http://www.pragma-ade.nl/show-man-9.htm>
).


Best regards.


Maggyero


2014-03-24 19:16 GMT+01:00 Managan, Rob <managan1 at llnl.gov>:


>   I agree that it should not be too hard. I have not considered it since

> I don't have a local copy of context installed. Does it require LuaTeX or

> is that just the preferred way to run it??

>

>  We can take this off line and figure out how to get it working.

>

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>   On 3/21/14 5:27 PM, "Maggyero" <maggyero at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>   Dear developpers,

>

>

>  Thank you for SCons, it is really a wonderful tool.

>

>  Could you add a built-in support for ConTeXt? Since there is already a

> support for Plain TeX and LaTeX, only ConTeXt flavour is missing. ConTeXt

> format and its native engine LuaTeX (same developpers: Hans Hagen and Taco

> Hoekwater) are becoming very popular so the format should definitely be

> supported by SCons. I have looked a little bit into SCons' sources and I

> think it just requires a few extra lines according to the the way (PDF)TeX

> and (PDF)LaTeX tools and scanners are implemented (the (PDF)ConTeXt scanner

> only has to query for \usemodule instead of \usepackage and the produced

> extra file extensions are [.log, .tuc] instead of [.aux, .fls, .lof, .log,

> .lot, .out, .tex, .toc]).

>

>  And if it is already planned, what would be the release date, at least

> approximately?

>

>

>  Best regards.

>

>

>  Maggyero

>

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