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diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-lua.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-lua.tex index 81bcf40a3..11e8b352d 100644 --- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-lua.tex +++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-lua.tex @@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ \startsection[title={Initialization},reference=init] +\startsubsection[title={A bare bone engine}] + +Although the \LUAMETATEX\ engine will start up when you call the program it will +not do much useful. You can compare it to computer hardware without (high level) +operating system with a \TEX\ kernel being the bios. It can interpret \TEX\ code +but for typesetting you need a reasonable setup. You also need to load fonts, and +for output you need a backend, and both can be implemented in \LUA. If you don't +like that and want to get up and running immediately, you will be more happy with +\LUATEX, \PDFTEX\ or \XETEX, combined with your favorite macro package. + +If you just want to play around you can install the \CONTEXT\ distribution which +(including manuals and some fonts) is tiny compared to a full \TEXLIVE\ +installation and can be run alongside it without problems. If there are issues +you can go to the usual \CONTEXT\ support platforms and seek help where you can +find the people who made \LUATEX\ and \LUAMETATEX. + +\stopsubsection + \startsubsection[title={\LUAMETATEX\ as a \LUA\ interpreter}] \topicindex {initialization} @@ -65,8 +83,9 @@ are understood by \LUAMETATEX\ itself: \stoptabulate There are less options than with \LUATEX, because one has to deal with them in -\LUA\ anyway. There are no options to enter a safer mode or control executing -programs. This can easily be achieved with a startup \LUA\ script. +\LUA\ anyway. So for instance there are no options to enter a safer mode or +control executing programs because this can easily be achieved with a startup +\LUA\ script. Next the initialization script is loaded and executed. From within the script, the entire command line is available in the \LUA\ table \type {arg}, beginning |