mtx-base(1)

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💖 mtx-base(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about mtx-base — the ConTeXt TDS Management Tool (aka luatools) ✨ it's the lil script that keeps your ConTeXt file database situation cute and organized. no cap, she does a LOT. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mtx-base — the ConTeXt TDS Management Tool, aka luatools 🌸 that's the whole vibe, that's the whole name, periodt.

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

mtxrun --script base [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

so you're calling her through mtxrun with --script base, and then you can pile on whatever OPTIONS and FILENAMES you want. the brackets are literally saying "optional, but like, do your thing" 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ConTeXt TDS Management Tool (aka luatools). that's it. that's the description. she's iconic and she knows it 😌✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --generate — generate the file database, like, make it exist bestie 💾
  • --variables — show me the configuration variables 👀
  • --configurations — show me the configuration order 📋
  • --expand-braces — expand a complex variable (the curly-brace situation) 🌀
  • --expand-path — expand a variable and actually resolve the paths 🛣️
  • --expand-var — expand a variable and resolve the references 🔗
  • --show-path — show the path expansion of ... (yes, it really is just an open-ended "..." 🙈)
  • --var-value — report the value of a variable 📢
  • --find-file — report where a file is located 🔍
  • --find-path — report the path of a file 📁
  • --make [or --ini] — make the luatex format 🛠️
  • --run [or --fmt] — run the luatex format 🏃♀️
  • --compile — assemble and compile the lua inifile 🧩
  • --verbose — give a bit more info, spill the tea ☕
  • --all — show all the found files, every single one, no hiding 🌟
  • --format=str — filter by cf format specification (default is 'tex', and you can use 'any' if you want any match at all) 🔤
  • --pattern=str — filter the variables 🧵
  • --trackers=list — enable the given trackers 📡

👑 AUTHOR 👑

want more info about ConTeXt and all the lil tools that come with it? they're right here bestie:

and that's the whole page, gorgeous 💖 this was version 1.35, dated 01-01-2023 — mtx-base(1), forever in our hearts 🎀✨ go generate that database, you absolute main character 🦋💅

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