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diff --git a/doc/context/presentations/bachotex/2013/bachotex-2013-luatex.tex b/doc/context/presentations/bachotex/2013/bachotex-2013-luatex.tex new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1dc6f2f89 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/context/presentations/bachotex/2013/bachotex-2013-luatex.tex @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ +% \enablemode[print] + +\usemodule[pre-stepwise,present-tiles,abr-02] + +\definecolor[maincolor] [darkgray] +\definecolor[othercolor][g=.3,b=.3] + +% \setupinteractionscreen +% [option=max] + +\setupbodyfont[opendyslexic,ss] + +\startdocument + [title={Lua\TeX\ for dummies\\\\(so you can still leave)}, + subtitle={Hans Hagen\\EuroBacho\TeX\\May 2013}] + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={The \TEX\ perspective}] + + \startitemize + \startitem it started out as \PDFTEX \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem then got merged with \ALEPH \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem but we left out the ugly bits of both \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem it's exclusively \UTF-8 \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem it's math machinery got extended with \OPENTYPE\ like features \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem there are no fundamental extensions as it's impossible to agree in them \FlushStep \stopitem + \stopitemize + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={The \LUA\ perspective}] + + \startitemize + \startitem it just a \LUA\ engine \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem it has some extra libraries on board \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem you don't even have to use \TEX \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem but there are hooks into the \TEX\ machinery \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem and we can go further by loading libraries \FlushStep \stopitem + \stopitemize + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={The hybrid perspective}] + + \startitemize + \startitem we can extend \TEX\ using \LUA \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem eventually everything will be opened up \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem users never have to see any of that \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem they can simply use \LUA\ for scripting and print results to \TEX \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem but developers can go deep into the \TEX\ internals and mess around \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem the average user will just depend on what a macro package will provide \FlushStep \stopitem + \stopitemize + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={The complications}] + + \startitemize + \startitem normally one wants a bit of infrastructure (management) \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem and maybe a special user space, hidden from core extensions \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem but history has tought that users can't be controlled that way \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem so we stick to just providing the mechanisms \FlushStep \stopitem + \stopitemize + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={The future}] + + \startitemize + \startitem there are a couple of generic modules (derived from \CONTEXT) \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem in principle I can make more generic modules \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem that's after all the idea behind the (to be) \METATEX\ variant \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem but does it really make sense as one still needs substantial subsystems \FlushStep \stopitem + \stopitemize + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={This workshop}] + + \startitemize + \startitem just using \LUA: it's what most users will do \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem showing the hooks: it's what developers want to use \FlushStep \stopitem + \startitem answering questions: it's probably the most I can do \FlushStep \stopitem + \stopitemize + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={Just plain}] + + We need to make a format, like: + + \starttyping + luatex --ini plain \dump + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + + and can then run files with: + + \starttyping + luatex --fmt=plain somefile.tex + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + + This is a another way: + + \starttyping + mtxrun --script plain --make --texformat=plain + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + + with: + + \starttyping + mtxrun --script plain --texformat=plain somefile.tex + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={A bit less plain}] + + In order to profit from \OPENTYPE\ fonts: + + \starttyping + mtxrun --script plain --make + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + + with: + + \starttyping + mtxrun --script plain somefile.tex + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + + On windows you can copy \type {mtxrun.exe} to \type {plain.exe} and stick to: + + \starttyping + plain --make + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + + with: + + \starttyping + plain somefile.tex + \stoptyping + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\StartSteps + +\starttopic[title={Hardly plain}] + + If you can live with a bit less plain: + + \starttyping + context yourfile.tex + \stoptyping + + \FlushStep + +\stoptopic + +\StopSteps + +\stopdocument |