mtx-profile(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💅 mtx-profile — the ConTeXt MkIV LuaTeX Profiler, bestie

okay so real talk, this page is from the ConTeXt MkIV LuaTeX Profiler manual (mtx-profile(1)), and it's literally the tool you call when you wanna know what your LuaTeX run is actually doing with its life. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS

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

that's the whole vibe: you run mtxrun with --script profile, toss in your OPTIONS ... and your FILENAMES, and off you go 🫶

🎀 DESCRIPTION

ConTeXt MkIV LuaTeX Profiler — that's the gig, no cap. it profiles stuff. it's giving "let me watch your run under a microscope" energy. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --analyze — analyzes lua calls 🧚 like, it peeks at what your Lua is up to.
  • --trace — analyzes tex calls ⭐ this one's watching the TeX side of things.
bestie these are the only two flags on the whole menu, so pick your fighter and go 👑

🌈 AUTHOR

want more tea on ConTeXt and all the tools that come with it? the links are right here, iykyk:

maillist: ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

webpage: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net

wiki: http://contextgarden.net

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was version 1.00 dated 01-01-2026 — iconic, periodt. 🎀🦋

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