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11Installing LuaMetaTeX can be a complex process that requires some technical
12expertise, but the following steps should give you a general idea of what is
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18    First, you need to ensure that you have a recent version of the Lua
19    programming language installed on your system. You can download the latest
20    version of Lua from the official website at http://www.lua.org/download.html.
21    \footnote {The \LUA\ code needed is part of the source tree that can be
22    downloaded from GitHub or websites.}
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26    Next, you need to download the latest version of the MetaTeX distribution,
27    which includes the LuaMetaTeX engine, from the official ConTeXt Garden
28    website at https://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone. \footnote
29    {There is no \METATEX, although we sometimes joke about it.}
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33    Once you have downloaded the MetaTeX distribution, extract the files to a
34    directory on your system. \footnote {So here one is stuck.}
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38    You can then run the LuaMetaTeX engine by opening a command prompt or
39    terminal window and navigating to the directory where you extracted the
40    MetaTeX files. From there, you can run the command "luametatex" followed by
41    the name of the TeX file you want to process. \footnote {Shouldn't it be
42    compiled first? And even then it needs some format, so one needs \type
43    {context} and \type {mtxrun}.}
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47    To make it easier to use LuaMetaTeX with your favorite text editor, you may
48    also want to install a TeX distribution such as TeX Live or MiKTeX, which
49    includes support for LuaMetaTeX. These distributions typically include a
50    graphical user interface that makes it easier to manage your TeX installation
51    and configure your system for use with LuaMetaTeX. \footnote {Indeed
52    installing \TEXLIVE\ is easier, as is installing the smaller reference
53    installation which uses \LUAMETATEX\ as its own installer. As far as we know,
54    \MIKTEX\ doesn't include \LMTX. And yes, consulting the documentation might
55    be best.}
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60It's worth noting that the exact steps for installing LuaMetaTeX may vary
61depending on your operating system and the specific TeX distribution you are
62using. For more detailed instructions, you may want to consult the official
63documentation for LuaMetaTeX and the TeX distribution you are using. \footnote
64{So here is the way out of the proposed mess.}
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67\bf by ChatGPT
68\footnote {Queried by Mikael Sundqvist.}
69\footnote {Which (at least here) is more about well formed sentences than about
70verified content. We can only hope that new \TEX\ users are able to recognize
71a fake.}
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