mtx-base(1)

📦 version 78010, in fedora 44

💖 mtx-base(1) — ConTeXt TDS Management Tool (aka luatools) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the ConTeXt TDS Management Tool, aka luatools ✨ this is the page for mtx-base, part of the ConTeXt TDS Management Tool (aka luatools) family, and it's literally the little gremlin that finds your files, expands your paths and wrangles your formats. no cap. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's the whole vibe. you call it through mtxrun --script base, you throw options and/or filenames at it, and it does the thing 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

ConTeXt TDS Management Tool (aka luatools)

(yeah that's the description, she's short but she's iconic 👑)

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --generate — generate file database. yes, make the database, go off 🗂️
  • --variables — show configuration variables. all of them. the whole collection 💜
  • --configurations — show configuration order. the lineup, in order, as the gods intended 🌈
  • --expand-braces — expand complex variable. braces getting un-braced, slay 🎀
  • --expand-path — expand variable (resolve paths). it resolves the paths, fr fr 🛣️
  • --expand-var — expand variable (resolve references). references get resolved, no cap 🔗
  • --show-path — show path expansion of ... 👀
  • --var-value — report value of variable. just the value, ma'am 📋
  • --find-file — report file location. where is she? found her 📍
  • --find-path — report path of file. the path specifically, bestie 🧭
  • --make [or --ini] — make luatex format 🛠️
  • --run [or --fmt] — run luatex format 🏃♀️
  • --compile — assemble and compile lua inifile. assembling + compiling = the moment ✨
  • --verbose — give a bit more info. just a bit. a lil sprinkle of info 🍓
  • --all — show all found files. ALL of them 💖
  • --format=str — filter cf format specification (default 'tex', use 'any' for any match) 🧚
  • --pattern=str — filter variables 🔍
  • --trackers=list — enable given trackers 📡

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:

go say hi in the mailing list, the wiki is right there, the websites are right there. the lore is free 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie 🌸 version 1.35, dated 01-01-2025, straight from the ConTeXt TDS Management Tool (aka luatools) manual section. periodt. 💅✨

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