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diff --git a/source/luametatex/build.txt b/source/luametatex/build.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aa81254e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/luametatex/build.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Hi, + +The build script produce efficient static binaries with only a couple of system libraries as +dependency. ConTeXt will not depend on anything else than provided here. Lua is the extension +language to be used and that has worked well for quite a while now. + +The build script that is provided will compile under ./build so you might want to make a copy +of the source tree to a suitable place that you can wipe after the job is done. The script +accepts only a few command line arguments. + + build.sh : + + --native build/native meant for unix (linux, freebsd, openbsd, osx, arm) + --mingw-32 build/mingw-32 meant for 32 bit windows (crosscompiled) + --mingw-64 build/mingw-64 meant for 64 bit windows (crosscompiled) + +I develop LuaMetaTeX on Windows and use WLS (with OpenSuse) for cross compilation as well as +native Linux binaries. Editing is done in Visual Studio with the exception of the MetaPost +CWeb files for which I use SciTE. + +Because we use CMake, you can compile using the MSVC compiler as well as CLang. Currently the +MingW crosscompiled binaries are slightly faster, next come the native ones, but till now +CLang lags behind. The native compiler produces the smallest binaries and compiles fastest. + + build.cmd : + + --x64 build/msvc-cmd-x64 meant for 64 bit windows using intel/amd chips + --x32 build/msvc-cmd-x86 meant for 32 bit windows using intel/amd chips + --arm64 build/msvc-cmd-arm64 meant for 64 bit windows using arm chips + +Alternatively you can run a build job from Visual Studio. Of course it only works well if you +have the right compilers installed which is easy to do from the user interface. All settings +happen in CMakeLists.txt so you have to load that one. + +Support for LuaMetaTeX and ConTeXt is provided at the (dev-)context mailing lists and at the +ConTeXt Wiki. Binaries are available at: + + https://build.contextgarden.net/#/waterfall?tags=c.luametatex + https://dl.contextgarden.net/build/luametatex + +The first link shows the status, the second link is where the binaries can be downloaded. + +Hans Hagen |