2 INSTALL for LuaTeX Snapshots
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5 The snapshot code is NOT stable, it may not even compile
6 properly! Features that are present today may be gone
7 in tomorrow. There ARE bugs. You should NOT use this
8 program for ANYTHING except testing!
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11 This distribution is essentially a stripped-down version of
12 the TeXlive distribution with some additional libraries.
14 All source code is in the directory source; the build.sh
15 scripts will generate and populate a directory build.
17 The actual code of luaTeX is in source/texk/web2c/luatexdir
18 and its subdirectories.
20 * build.sh builds a native luatex on your system
21 * build.sh --ppc crosscompiles for osx-ppx from osx-intel
22 * build.sh --mingw crosscompiles luatex for mingw32 on i686-linux
24 LuaTeX does not need a run-time pool file, and it locates
25 texmf.cnf based on its relative position in the TeX tree.
27 Post-compilation installation should be a simple matter
28 of copying the executable to a normal place for web2c
29 binaries and generating the desired formats.
31 You may want to install the executable under the names
32 'texlua' and 'texluac' as well (create a copy or symlink)
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