[OS X TeX] TeXShop lualatexmk-dev engine

[Murray Eisenberg]

Herb,

Yes, everything worked OK when I had removed that spurious "n" from lualatexmk-dev.

Why did I try it? I had just read in TUGboat Barbara Beeton's "(La)TeX scheduling practices, and how you can help" editorial comment, which inccluded this:

	"...all users of LaTeX ... are encouraged to use the -dev version..."

As well as Peter Flynn's "Typographers' Inn" remark:

	" pdfTeX has too many limitations and XeTeX is no longer being developed. LuaTeX is not the LaTeX team's preferred engine,
	and this is clearly the path to go."

Murray

P.S. Where online does one find the -dev latexmk engines?

> On May 8, 2025, at 10:12 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Environment: TeXShop 5.52, TeXLive 2025 up-to-date, macOS Sequoia 15.4.1.
> 
> A book-length document compiles fine using lualatexmk. But when I try to compile using the development version of lualatex with lualatexmk-dev, I immediately get error, as shown here in the console window:
> 
> Rc files read:
>   /Users/me/Library/TeXShop/bin/latexmkrcedit
>   /Users/me/Library/TeXShop/bin/tslatexmk/lualatexmkrc-dev
>   ./platexmkrc
> Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 27 Dec. 2024. Version 4.86a.
> 
> ------------
> Latexmk: Could not find file 'n'.
> -- Use the -f option to force complete processing.
> 
> Comparing files lualatexmk and lualatexmk-dev, dated Apr 26, 2025, and Mar 23, 2022, respectively, I find the following difference on Line 27:
> 
> ## lualatexmk
> 	export localrc=( -r ./platexmkrc )
> 
> ## lualatexmk-dev
> 	export localrc=(n -r ./platexmkrc )
> 
> I suspect that that "n" in line 27 is the source of the error. Is that an error in the engine? If not, what does the "n" here mean and how can I fix things?
> 
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