mtx-update(1)

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version 66546 · 5 versions
, in fedora 43, ubuntu noble

✨ mtx-update — ConTeXt Minimals Updater ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair 🫶 this is the mtx-update manual page, and it lives in section 1 of the manual. it's literally called ConTeXt Minimals Updater and it's about to be your new hyperfixation.

🌈 SYNOPSIS

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

that's the whole vibe. you run it through mtxrun with --script update, you can throw OPTIONS ... at it, and you can hand it FILENAMES. slay. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION

ConTeXt Minimals Updater

that's it. that's the description. short king behavior but we respect it 👑

💖 OPTIONS 💖

every single flag, no skips, no cap:

  • --platform=string — the platform. your choices are windows, linux, linux-64, osx-intel, osx-ppc, linux-ppc.
  • --server=string — the repository url. default vibes: rsync://contextgarden.net.
  • --module=string — the repository url for modules. default: minimals.
  • --repository=string — specify the version. options are current or experimental.
  • --context=string — specify the ConTeXt version. options are current, latest, beta, or a date shaped like yyyy.mm.dd.
  • --rsync=string — which rsync binary to use. default: rsync.
  • --texroot=string — the installation directory. heads up: it is not guessed for the moment 🙈
  • --engine=string — the tex engine. options are luatex, pdftex, xetex.
  • --modules=string — extra modules. can be a list, or 'all' if you're feeling chaotic 🦋
  • --fonts=string — additional fonts. also can be a list, or 'all'.
  • --goodies=string — extra binaries, like scite and texworks. treats 🍓
  • --force — instead of a dryrun, do the real thing. no take-backs.
  • --update — update the minimal tree.
  • --make — also make formats and generate file databases.
  • --keep — don't delete unused or obsolete files. a lil hoarder-core, and honestly? valid.
  • --state — update the tree using saved state.
  • --cygwin — adapt drive specs to cygwin.
  • --mingw — assume mingw binaries are being used.
  • --silent — less logging. or no logging. it's giving quiet luxury ✨
lowkey important: --force is the one that actually does stuff. without it you're in dryrun land. 👀

👑 AUTHOR

want more ConTeXt lore and all the tools that come with it? it's all right here:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this was version 1.03, dated 01-01-2023, and honestly? iconic. go update your minimal tree. periodt. 💅✨

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