Klammertext runs natively on Windows; a Windows source-install guide; the bundled sh for @eval :shell

Assembled from klammertext-dev f344a37d0f6e. The commands, the library, the Standard Klammer Set, the reflection klammerset and the Python binding build and run natively on Windows (MSYS2 UCRT64 gcc, python.org Python), and both test tiers pass there. doc/install/windows_source_install.md is the fifth install guide: a source install parallel to the Linux and macOS ones, verified by following it on a pristine Windows 11. Behaviour on every system: paths Klammertext prints use forward slashes; output is LF; the command line is UTF-8 on Windows; @eval :shell is a POSIX shell command everywhere -- on Windows it runs the sh Klammertext ships, BusyBox for Windows (win/busybox/, GPLv2, with its licence and the source pointer). KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS and KLAMMERTEXT_KLAMMERSETS are lists in the system's PATH convention (';' on Windows). On Linux and macOS nothing observable changes.
2026-09-25 00:32:55 +02:00
1 parent f9af1ff869
commit fe475e774a
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ are regenerated on each release — patches cannot be merged directly.
 Report problems (or send patches) to the author; accepted changes are
 applied to the development tree and appear in a following snapshot.
-This snapshot was assembled from development commit `daad6273483a`.
+This snapshot was assembled from development commit `f344a37d772c`.
 ## License
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ LIBRARY := $(LIBDIR)/libklammertext.so
 # Linker flags for commands
 COM_LDFLAGS := $(EXPORT_DYNAMIC) -Wl,-rpath,'$(ORIGIN)/../lib' -L$(LIBDIR)
 # Windows: the application manifest (UTF-8 process code page) is linked into
 # each command as a resource object; elsewhere there is nothing to add.
 # (Only variables here: a rule before "all" would become the default goal.
 # The Windows rules themselves follow the commands target below.)
 ifneq (,$(filter MINGW% MSYS%,$(UNAME_S)))
 MANIFEST_OBJ := manifest.o
 # The DLLs beside the commands (makefile.env explains); with them, bin/ on
 # PATH is all a Windows user needs besides Python.
 RUNTIME_DLLS := $(addprefix $(BINDIR)/,libklammertext.so $(GCC_RUNTIME_DLLS))
 else
 MANIFEST_OBJ :=
 RUNTIME_DLLS :=
 endif
 # Dependency files for command sources
 DEPFILES := $(addsuffix .d,$(COMMANDS))
@@ -46,7 +60,16 @@ all : | mac sks
 # Separate target to build commands (called after dependencies are ready)
 .PHONY: commands
-commands : $(BINCOMMANDS)
+commands : $(BINCOMMANDS) $(RUNTIME_DLLS)
 ifneq (,$(filter MINGW% MSYS%,$(UNAME_S)))
 manifest.o : klammertext.rc klammertext.manifest
 	windres $< $@
 $(BINDIR)/libklammertext.so : $(LIBRARY) | $(BINDIR)
 	cp $< $@
 $(BINDIR)/%.dll : $(GCC_BIN)%.dll | $(BINDIR)
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 # Ensure the output directory exists before linking into it.
 $(BINDIR) :
@@ -63,14 +86,14 @@ sks : | mac
 	$(MAKE) -C $(KS)/document
 # Explicit rules for each command - link against shared library, output to bin/
-$(BINDIR)/kdiag : kdiag.cpp $(LIBRARY) | $(BINDIR)
+$(BINDIR)/kdiag : kdiag.cpp $(LIBRARY) $(MANIFEST_OBJ) | $(BINDIR)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) $(COM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@ -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) $(COM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< $(MANIFEST_OBJ) -o $@ $(KLAMMERTEXT_LIB) $(LDLIBS)
-$(BINDIR)/kdesc : kdesc.cpp $(LIBRARY) | $(BINDIR)
+$(BINDIR)/kdesc : kdesc.cpp $(LIBRARY) $(MANIFEST_OBJ) | $(BINDIR)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) $(COM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@ -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) $(COM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< $(MANIFEST_OBJ) -o $@ $(KLAMMERTEXT_LIB) $(LDLIBS)
-$(BINDIR)/ktext : ktext.cpp $(LIBRARY) | $(BINDIR)
+$(BINDIR)/ktext : ktext.cpp $(LIBRARY) $(MANIFEST_OBJ) | $(BINDIR)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) $(COM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@ -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) $(COM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< $(MANIFEST_OBJ) -o $@ $(KLAMMERTEXT_LIB) $(LDLIBS)
 # Out-of-tree system install (copies; the build tree stays intact). The
 # installed commands still need KLAMMERTEXT_HOME pointing at a Klammertext tree
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
            M.m_state.set(
                "K_input_dir", absolute_pathname(file_directory(input_filenames[0])));
        } else {
-            M.m_state.set("K_input_dir", fs::current_path().string());
+            M.m_state.set("K_input_dir", fs::current_path().generic_string());
        }
        // --klammersets both lists and loads: with no words it enumerates the
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
        }
        if (p("rewrite")) {
-            show_rewrite_rules = true;
+            set_show_rewrite_rules(true);
        }
        // kdiag deliberately has no --klammersets: a klammerset is reached here
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
        machine.m_state.set("K_target", Target_registry::general_name);
        machine.m_state.set("K_input_dir", fs::current_path().string());
        std::string input = args.as_string("input");
-        std::string command = construct_command_pathname(argv[0]);
+        std::string command = construct_command_pathname(argv[0]).generic_string();
        // ONE authoritative katom list.  process() returns the katoms but
        // registers nothing -- read() is what appends to m_katoms and extracts
        // the definitions -- so kdiag does that itself, in the order read()
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <!-- Embedded into ktext, kdesc and kdiag on Windows (com/klammertext.rc,
     via windres). The one setting: the process code page is UTF-8, so the
     command line arrives as UTF-8 (not the ANSI code page, which loses
     every character outside it) and narrow file names are UTF-8 too.
     Honoured since Windows 10 1903. -->
 <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Klammertext.Command" version="1.0.0.0"/>
  <application>
    <windowsSettings>
      <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
    </windowsSettings>
  </application>
 </assembly>
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
 // Resource script for the Windows builds of the commands: embeds
 // klammertext.manifest as the application manifest (resource type 24 is
 // RT_MANIFEST, id 1 the process manifest). Compiled by windres; see com/Makefile.
 1 24 "klammertext.manifest"
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
 # Klammertext source installation on Windows
 This document describes how to build and install Klammertext from source on
 Windows 10 or 11, so that the three commands `ktext`, `kdesc` and `kdiag`
 run as native Windows programs. Klammertext is developed on Linux and
 macOS; Windows is a supported place to *use* it, and installing it there
 takes more steps than on those systems, because Windows has no package
 manager that supplies a C++ compiler and `make`. The steps below were
 followed on a fresh Windows 11 machine and are the ones that worked.
 The installation uses three things a Windows user installs once:
 **MSYS2**, which provides the compiler, `make` and a Unix-style shell for
 building; **Python** from python.org, which Klammertext embeds; and **TeX
 Live**, for PDF output. Everyday use needs only PowerShell.
 ## Prerequisites
 ### Git and Python
 In PowerShell (search for "PowerShell" in the Start menu):
 ```powershell
 winget install --id Git.Git -e
 winget install --id Python.Python.3.12 -e --override "/quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1"
 ```
 The second command installs Python for all users into `C:\Program
 Files\Python312` and puts it on the `Path`. Open a new PowerShell window
 (the `Path` of an open one does not change) and install the image library
 the `@image` klammer uses:
 ```powershell
 python -m pip install OpenImageIO
 python -c "import OpenImageIO"
 ```
 Note that the interpreter is called `python` on Windows. There is no
 `python3`; the `python3` that Windows itself offers is a placeholder that
 opens the Microsoft Store, and Klammertext does not use it.
 ### MSYS2 and the compiler
 Install MSYS2 from https://www.msys2.org/ (or `winget install --id
 MSYS2.MSYS2 -e`). It installs into `C:\msys64`. Open the **"MSYS2 UCRT64"**
 shell from the Start menu — that one, not "MSYS2 MSYS" or "MINGW64": the
 UCRT64 environment shares its C runtime with python.org's Python, which is
 what lets the two be linked together. Update it and install the toolchain:
 ```bash
 pacman -Syu          # if it closes the window, reopen the UCRT64 shell and run it again
 pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-make make \
          mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkgconf mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-dlfcn diffutils
 ```
 `diffutils` is only needed to run Klammertext's test suites.
 By default the MSYS2 shell does not see the programs Windows has on its
 `Path`, which means it cannot see `git` or `python`. Tell it to, once, in
 PowerShell, then reopen the UCRT64 shell:
 ```powershell
 setx MSYS2_PATH_TYPE inherit
 ```
 Verify, in the UCRT64 shell:
 ```bash
 g++ --version        # g++.exe (Rev4, Built by MSYS2 project) 16.x
 python --version     # Python 3.12.x  (python.org's, from the Windows Path)
 git --version
 ```
 ## Clone the repository
 In the UCRT64 shell. Windows paths are written with forward slashes there,
 `/c/Users/<you>` for `C:\Users\<you>`:
 ```bash
 cd /c/Users/<you>
 git clone https://git.andykopra.com/ack/klammertext.git
 cd klammertext
 ```
 Git for Windows must not translate line endings: Klammertext's `.kt`
 files, `.k` files and shell scripts are LF files. The clone above respects
 that as long as `core.autocrlf` is not `true`; check with `git config
 --get core.autocrlf` and, if it prints `true`, set it to `false` and clone
 again.
 ## Environment variables
 Klammertext's runtime environment is one self-configuring file, the same
 one Linux and macOS use. Source it from the UCRT64 shell's profile:
 ```bash
 echo 'source /c/Users/<you>/klammertext/env/runtime.env' >> ~/.bashrc
 source ~/.bashrc
 ```
 On Windows it sets `KLAMMERTEXT_HOME` and `TMPDIR` in the form Windows
 programs understand (`C:/Users/<you>/klammertext`), adds `bin/` to `PATH`,
 finds a TeX Live installed under `C:\Users\<you>\external\texlive\<year>`
 (see below), and sets `PYTHON=python`. Nothing is edited by hand.
 ## Build
 In the UCRT64 shell, in the repository:
 ```bash
 make -C com -j
 ```
 `-j` compiles in parallel; on a machine with 8 GB of memory or less the
 optimizing compiler may run out of memory and report `out of memory
 allocating`. If so, run `make -C com` without `-j`: slower, and it
 finishes.
 This builds the library, the Standard Klammer Set's components and the
 three commands into `bin\`, and copies the library and the compiler's
 runtime DLLs there too, so `bin\` is self-contained. The Python binding is
 built into `kpy\`. Verify:
 ```bash
 ktext -s '@eval 1 + 1 @' -d          # prints 2
 ktext -s '@eval :shell echo hello | tr a-z A-Z @' -d     # prints HELLO
 ```
 The second line shows that `@eval :shell` runs a POSIX shell on Windows as
 it does elsewhere: Klammertext ships one (`win\busybox\`), so a document's
 `:shell` command means the same thing on every system.
 For a first document, create `hello.kt`:
 ```
@document
 :structure article
 :title Hello
 :text
@s1 Hello, Klammertext @
 This document was built from source on Windows.
@
 ```
 and render it:
 ```bash
 ktext hello.kt -t html          # writes hello\index.html
 ```
 ## TeX Live (for PDF output)
 The Standard Klammer Set renders PDF with **XeLaTeX**. Install TeX Live's
 `scheme-small` plus the packages the SKS needs into
 `C:\Users\<you>\external\texlive\2026`, where `runtime.env` finds it. This
 is a download of about 600 MB and takes twenty to thirty minutes.
 1. Download `install-tl.zip` from a CTAN mirror, for example
   `https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl.zip`,
   and unzip it. It unpacks into a folder named `install-tl-<date>`.
 2. In that folder, create a file `texlive.profile` with this content,
   replacing `<you>` with your Windows user name:
   ```
   selected_scheme scheme-small
   TEXDIR C:/Users/<you>/external/texlive/2026
   TEXMFLOCAL C:/Users/<you>/external/texlive/2026/texmf-local
   TEXMFSYSCONFIG C:/Users/<you>/external/texlive/2026/texmf-config
   TEXMFSYSVAR C:/Users/<you>/external/texlive/2026/texmf-var
   TEXMFHOME C:/Users/<you>/texmf
   TEXMFVAR C:/Users/<you>/.texlive2026/texmf-var
   TEXMFCONFIG C:/Users/<you>/.texlive2026/texmf-config
   tlpdbopt_install_docfiles 0
   tlpdbopt_install_srcfiles 0
   tlpdbopt_autobackup 0
   tlpdbopt_desktop_integration 0
   tlpdbopt_file_assocs 0
   tlpdbopt_w32_multi_user 0
   ```
 3. In PowerShell, in that folder, run the installer without its graphical
   interface, naming the same mirror:
   ```powershell
   .\install-tl-windows.bat -no-gui -profile texlive.profile -repository https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet
   ```
   Leave the window open until it reports that the installation is
   complete. (A warning about `tlaunch.ini` is harmless.)
 4. Still in PowerShell, install the additional packages the SKS requires
   beyond `scheme-small` — the same list `doc/install/texlive_additional_packages.sh`
   installs on Linux and macOS — and rebuild the formats:
   ```powershell
   $tl = "$env:USERPROFILE\external\texlive\2026\bin\windows"
   $env:Path = "$tl;$env:Path"
   & "$tl\tlmgr.bat" option repository https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet
   & "$tl\tlmgr.bat" install adjustbox collectbox collection-fontsrecommended enumitem fontaxes footmisc inconsolata layouts mdframed multirow needspace opensans pict2e textpos titlesec upquote zref
   & "$tl\fmtutil-sys.exe" --all
   ```
   The second line matters: `tlmgr` and `fmtutil` start helper programs
   such as `kpsewhich` by name and find them only through the `Path`.
 Open a new UCRT64 shell (so `runtime.env` runs again and finds the tree)
 and verify:
 ```bash
 xelatex --version
 ktext hello.kt -t pdf           # writes hello.pdf
 ```
 ## Using the commands from PowerShell
 Building needs the UCRT64 shell; using Klammertext does not. For everyday
 use from PowerShell, put three directories on the `Path` and set
 `KLAMMERTEXT_HOME`, once, as user environment variables (Settings ▸
 System ▸ About ▸ Advanced system settings ▸ Environment Variables, or with
 `setx`):
 ```powershell
 setx KLAMMERTEXT_HOME "C:\Users\<you>\klammertext"
 setx Path "$env:Path;C:\Users\<you>\klammertext\bin;C:\Users\<you>\external\texlive\2026\bin\windows"
 ```
 Python is already on the `Path` from its installer. Open a new PowerShell
 window and `ktext`, `kdesc` and `kdiag` work there directly. Paths
 Klammertext prints use forward slashes on every system; paths you type may
 use either.
 ## Verifying the installation
 In the UCRT64 shell:
 ```bash
 ktext -s '@eval 1 + 1 @' -d               # Python evaluation
 ktext -s '@eval :shell date @' -d         # shell evaluation (the bundled sh)
 kdesc -t                                  # the targets
 kdesc --typeface                          # the fonts Klammertext ships
 ktext hello.kt -t html                    # html
 ktext hello.kt -t pdf                     # pdf, requires TeX Live
 make -C $KLAMMERTEXT_HOME/tst test        # the engine's test suites
 make -C $KLAMMERTEXT_HOME/sks/tst test    # the Standard Klammer Set's suites (needs TeX Live)
 ```
 A few suite cases report `SKIP` on Windows for things the MSYS2 shell
 cannot provide, such as a real terminal for the colour tests or a
 symbolic link; that is expected.
 ## Updating
 In the UCRT64 shell:
 ```bash
 cd $KLAMMERTEXT_HOME
 git pull
 make -C com -j
 ```
 ## Troubleshooting
 **The command window closes at once, or "The code execution cannot proceed
 because python312.dll was not found".** Python's directory is not on the
 `Path` of that window. Reinstall Python with "Add to PATH" selected, or add
 `C:\Program Files\Python312` to the `Path` yourself, and open a new window.
 **`import OpenImageIO` fails with "DLL load failed while importing
 OpenImageIO".** The OpenImageIO package needs the Microsoft Visual C++
 runtime, which nearly every Windows machine already has but a freshly
 installed one may not. Install it from
 https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe and try the import again.
 **"libklammertext.so was not found" or "libstdc++-6.dll was not found".**
 `bin\` is not on the `Path`, or the build did not finish: `make -C com -j`
 places the library and the runtime DLLs in `bin\` beside the commands.
 **"The shell Klammertext runs sh commands with on Windows is missing".**
 `win\busybox\busybox64u.exe` is part of the repository; the clone is
 incomplete or `KLAMMERTEXT_HOME` points elsewhere.
 **"The 'xelatex' command required to make PDF files is not installed".**
 TeX Live's `bin\windows` directory is not on the `Path` of the shell you
 are using. In the UCRT64 shell `runtime.env` adds it when the tree is under
 `C:\Users\<you>\external\texlive\<year>`; in PowerShell add it as shown
 above.
 **`git` or `python` are "command not found" in the UCRT64 shell.**
 `MSYS2_PATH_TYPE` is not set to `inherit`, or the shell was opened before
 you set it. Set it and open a new UCRT64 shell.
 **The build is slow.** Windows Defender scans every file the compiler
 writes. Excluding the repository folder from real-time scanning speeds the
 build up considerably; it is not required.
@@ -27,9 +27,20 @@ else
 COMPILER    ?= gcc                 # gcc | clang
 endif
-# Python: version- and platform-agnostic, no hardcoded paths.
+# Python: version- and platform-agnostic, no hardcoded paths. On Windows the
 # interpreter is python.org's (the one PyPI wheels -- OpenImageIO -- are built
 # for); it ships no python3-config, so its prefix is asked of the interpreter
 # itself and its import library named by version (libs/python312.lib).
 ifneq (,$(filter MINGW% MSYS%,$(UNAME_S)))
 PYTHON        := python
 PYTHON_PREFIX := $(shell cygpath -m "$$($(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; print(sys.base_prefix)')")
 PYTHON_INC    := -I"$(PYTHON_PREFIX)/Include"
 PYTHON_LIB    := -L"$(PYTHON_PREFIX)/libs" -l$(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; print("python%d%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
 else
 PYTHON     := python3
 PYTHON_INC := $(shell python3-config --includes)
 PYTHON_LIB := $(shell python3-config --ldflags --embed)
 endif
 # Flags common to all platforms.
 CPPFLAGS = -I$(KLAMMERTEXT_HOME)/mac $(PYTHON_INC)
@@ -52,6 +63,29 @@ SHARED          = -dynamiclib
 SONAME          = -install_name @rpath/$(notdir $@)
 ORIGIN         := @loader_path
 EXPORT_DYNAMIC  = -Wl,-export_dynamic
 else ifneq (,$(filter MINGW% MSYS%,$(UNAME_S)))
 # ---------- Windows (MSYS2, UCRT64 environment; native PE binaries) ----------
 # uname says MINGW64_NT-... under UCRT64 too. The compilers come from the
 # environment's PATH (/ucrt64/bin). libdl.a is the mingw-w64-dlfcn shim over
 # LoadLibrary, linked statically so no libdl.dll travels with the products.
 # PE has no soname and no rpath; a DLL is found through PATH or
 # the executable's own directory, and GNU ld's -l search list on PE does not
 # include ".so", hence the exact-name form below.
 GCC            := g++
 CLANG          := clang++
 LDFLAGS         =
 LDLIBS          = -l:libdl.a $(if $(NOPYTHON),,$(PYTHON_LIB))
 SHARED          = -shared
 SONAME          =
 ORIGIN         := $$ORIGIN
 EXPORT_DYNAMIC  = -Wl,--export-all-symbols
 KLAMMERTEXT_LIB = -l:libklammertext.so
 # A Windows program finds a DLL through PATH or its own directory, never an
 # rpath. So every directory that holds a program or a Python extension also
 # holds the DLLs it needs: libklammertext.so and the three gcc runtime DLLs
 # the toolchain links (from the compiler's own bin/). com/ and kpy/ copy them.
 GCC_BIN         := $(dir $(shell cygpath -m "$$(command -v g++)"))
 GCC_RUNTIME_DLLS := libstdc++-6.dll libgcc_s_seh-1.dll libwinpthread-1.dll
 else
 # ---------- Linux ----------
 GCC            := /usr/bin/g++
@@ -63,6 +97,8 @@ SONAME          = -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@)
 ORIGIN         := $$ORIGIN
 EXPORT_DYNAMIC  = -rdynamic
 endif
 # How a link line names libklammertext (set above for Windows).
 KLAMMERTEXT_LIB ?= -lklammertext
 # Resolve the compiler choice (gcc by default; clang with COMPILER=clang).
 CXX := $(if $(filter clang,$(COMPILER)),$(CLANG),$(GCC))
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ export KLAMMERTEXT_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "$_kt_self")/.." && pwd)"
 unset _kt_self
 _kt_uname="$(uname -s)"
 # Windows under MSYS2: the commands are native programs and never understand
 # MSYS's /c/... spelling, so KLAMMERTEXT_HOME and TMPDIR reach them in Windows
 # form (C:/..., cygpath -m).  bash's own PATH keeps the POSIX form -- a colon
 # inside a PATH entry splits it.  Python (python.org's) is the user's to put on
 # PATH; an MSYS2 login shell does not inherit the Windows PATH by default.
 _kt_home_posix="$KLAMMERTEXT_HOME"
 case "$_kt_uname" in
    MINGW*|MSYS*)
        export KLAMMERTEXT_HOME="$(cygpath -m "$KLAMMERTEXT_HOME")"
        export TMPDIR="$(cygpath -m "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}")"
        export PYTHON="${PYTHON:-python}"     # python.org installs no python3
        ;;
 esac
 # --- KLAMMERTEXT_TEXLIVE_BIN: newest installed TeX Live under ~/external -------
 # Klammertext's TeX Live installs are named by 4-digit year (2024, 2025, 2026).
@@ -27,20 +40,27 @@ _kt_uname="$(uname -s)"
 # are never selected; sort -V then picks the newest year.
 if [ "$_kt_uname" = "Darwin" ]; then
    _kt_arch="universal-darwin"
 elif case "$_kt_uname" in MINGW*|MSYS*) true;; *) false;; esac; then
    _kt_arch="windows"                    # TeX Live's bin/windows
 else
    _kt_arch="$(uname -m)-linux"          # e.g. x86_64-linux
 fi
 # Use `find` with a -path pattern, NOT a shell glob: on macOS/zsh an unmatched
 # glob (no texlive installed) is a hard "no matches found" error, whereas find
 # just returns nothing. The -path pattern keeps the 4-digit-year restriction.
-_kt_tl="$(find "$HOME/external/texlive" -maxdepth 3 -type d \
+# Windows: a user installs under the Windows home, %USERPROFILE%\external
 # (MSYS2's $HOME is C:\msys64\home\<user>, which no Windows guide would name).
 _kt_tlroot="$HOME/external/texlive"
 case "$_kt_uname" in MINGW*|MSYS*) _kt_tlroot="$(cygpath -u "$USERPROFILE")/external/texlive";; esac
 _kt_tl="$(find "$_kt_tlroot" -maxdepth 3 -type d \
             -path "*/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/bin/$_kt_arch" 2>/dev/null \
         | sort -V | tail -1)"
 [ -n "$_kt_tl" ] && export KLAMMERTEXT_TEXLIVE_BIN="$_kt_tl"
-unset _kt_tl _kt_arch
+unset _kt_tl _kt_arch _kt_tlroot
 # --- PATH (TeX Live appended only if one was found) ---------------------------
-export PATH="$KLAMMERTEXT_HOME/bin:$KLAMMERTEXT_HOME/tst${KLAMMERTEXT_TEXLIVE_BIN:+:$KLAMMERTEXT_TEXLIVE_BIN}:$PATH"
+export PATH="$_kt_home_posix/bin:$_kt_home_posix/tst${KLAMMERTEXT_TEXLIVE_BIN:+:$KLAMMERTEXT_TEXLIVE_BIN}:$PATH"
 unset _kt_home_posix
 # --- The Python binding (kpy/) -----------------------------------------------
 # "import klammertext" with no setup, as the container image already arranges
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include $(K)/env/makefile.env
 LIBDIR := $(K)/lib
 LIBRARY := $(LIBDIR)/libklammertext.so
-EXT_SUFFIX := $(shell python3-config --extension-suffix)
+EXT_SUFFIX := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var("EXT_SUFFIX"))')
 MODULE := klammertext$(EXT_SUFFIX)
 # "../lib": the module sits in $(K)/kpy, one level below $(K).
@@ -34,7 +34,16 @@ DEPFLAGS = -MMD -MP -MF $(@:.o=.d)
 .PHONY: all clean
-all : $(MODULE)
+# Windows: the module's dependent DLLs sit beside it (Python loads an
 # extension's dependencies from the extension's own directory, never from
 # PATH or an rpath -- there is none on PE); see makefile.env.
 ifneq (,$(filter MINGW% MSYS%,$(UNAME_S)))
 BESIDE_DLLS := libklammertext.so $(GCC_RUNTIME_DLLS)
 else
 BESIDE_DLLS :=
 endif
 all : $(MODULE) $(BESIDE_DLLS)
 %.o : %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
@@ -42,10 +51,17 @@ all : $(MODULE)
 $(MODULE) : $(OBJECTS) $(LIBRARY)
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(KPY_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \
-		-o $@ $(OBJECTS) -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
+		-o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(KLAMMERTEXT_LIB) $(LDLIBS)
 ifneq (,$(filter MINGW% MSYS%,$(UNAME_S)))
 libklammertext.so : $(LIBRARY)
 	cp $< $@
 %.dll : $(GCC_BIN)%.dll
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 clean :
-	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(DEPFILES) klammertext.*.so *~
+	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(DEPFILES) klammertext.*.so klammertext.*.pyd libklammertext.so *.dll *~
 	rm -rf __pycache__
 -include $(DEPFILES)
@@ -215,9 +215,12 @@ int instances = 0;
 // module, so a relative @read in read() text resolves against the directory
 // the script runs in -- the same rule ktext applies to -s input, and set at
 // each read() because a script may chdir between two of them.
 // The command's identity, through the library (set_command_identity): on
 // Windows an assignment to error.h's inline variables from this module
 // would land in this module's own copies, not the library's.
 void set_string_source()
 {
-    command_pathname = (fs::current_path() / "klammertext").string();
+    set_command_identity("klammertext", (fs::current_path() / "klammertext").generic_string());
 }
 PyObject* Machine_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject*, PyObject*)
@@ -607,7 +610,6 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_klammertext(void)
        return nullptr;
    }
    // What an error report names as the command.
    command_name = "klammertext";
    set_string_source();
    const char* home = std::getenv(klammertext_home_var.c_str());
    PyObject* home_obj = home ? PyUnicode_FromString(home) : Py_None;
@@ -134,5 +134,5 @@ public:
    // these, so a shell-quoted filename containing spaces stays one
    // element; the space-joined m_value remains only for get()/describe().
    std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> m_vectors {};
-    long unsigned int m_syntax_size = 0;
+    std::size_t m_syntax_size = 0;
 };
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
 #include <tuple>
 #include "argv.h"
@@ -21,11 +25,24 @@ fs::path construct_command_pathname(char* command)
    return fs::current_path() / fs::path(command).filename();
 }
 void set_command_identity(const std::string& name, const std::string& pathname)
 {
    command_name = name;
    command_pathname = pathname;
 }
 void set_verbose_level(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
    // Klammertext writes LF on every system: a document a Windows user pipes
    // or redirects must not gain CR, and the suites read the streams byte for
    // byte. The C runtime's text mode would append it to every line.
    _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_BINARY);
    _setmode(_fileno(stderr), _O_BINARY);
 #endif
    //command_name = absolute_pathname(argv[0]);
-    command_name = std::string(argv[0]);
+    command_name = fs::path(argv[0]).generic_string();
-    command_pathname = construct_command_pathname(argv[0]);
+    command_pathname = construct_command_pathname(argv[0]).generic_string();
    //std::cout << "set_verbose_level: " << command_pathname << "\n";
    Argv args {};
@@ -140,7 +157,7 @@ void set_command_state(
    if (!input_filenames.empty()) {
        S.set("K_input_dir", absolute_pathname(file_directory(input_filenames[0])));
    } else {
-        S.set("K_input_dir", fs::current_path().string());
+        S.set("K_input_dir", fs::current_path().generic_string());
    }
 }
@@ -178,7 +195,7 @@ void load_klammersets(Machine& machine, const strings_t& symbols)
                continue;
            }
            std::string klammerset_filename = resolve_klammerset_symbol(
-                symbol, machine.m_state.value("K_input_dir"), Locator::none()).string();
+                symbol, machine.m_state.value("K_input_dir"), Locator::none()).generic_string();
            // Symbol -> file is the search path's answer, and the search
            // path has three stages with shadowing: the file it landed on is
            // exactly what a user cannot read off "--klammersets x".
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 class Machine;
 void set_verbose_level(int argc, char* argv[]);
 // What an error report and the -s pseudo source name as the command, set
 // from OUTSIDE the library (the Python binding). It is a function, not an
 // assignment to the header's inline variables, because on Windows every
 // module -- the DLL, an extension module -- has its OWN copy of an inline
 // variable: an assignment made in the binding never reached the copy the
 // library's error reports read. On Linux the two are one variable.
 void set_command_identity(const std::string& name, const std::string& pathname);
 bool show_usage(int argc, char* argv[]);
 fs::path construct_command_pathname(char* command);
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ std::string short_path(const std::string& path)
        std::error_code ec {};
        fs::path home_real = fs::weakly_canonical(fs::path(home), ec);
        fs::path path_real = fs::weakly_canonical(fs::path(path), ec);
-        std::string prefix = (ec ? std::string(home) : home_real.string()) + "/";
+        // Both in the generic spelling ('/'): on Windows weakly_canonical
-        const std::string& subject = ec ? path : path_real.string();
+        // answers with backslashes while the report's paths use '/'.
        std::string prefix = (ec ? fs::path(home).generic_string() : home_real.generic_string()) + "/";
        const std::string subject = ec ? fs::path(path).generic_string() : path_real.generic_string();
        if (subject.size() > prefix.size()
            && subject.compare(0, prefix.size(), prefix) == 0) {
            return subject.substr(prefix.size());
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bool display_source(const std::string& filename_arg)
        return false;
    } else {
        fs::path filename = fs::path(filename_arg).filename();
-        return sks_commands.count(filename) == 0;
+        return sks_commands.count(filename.string()) == 0;
    }
 }
@@ -10,7 +10,16 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <optional>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #ifdef _WIN32
 // mingw-w64 has no <sys/wait.h>: there pclose() returns the child's exit code
 // itself, not a wait status, and no signal can have killed it.
 #define WIFEXITED(s)   ((s) != -1)
 #define WEXITSTATUS(s) (s)
 #define WIFSIGNALED(s) 0
 #define WTERMSIG(s)    0
 #else
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
 // Run a shell command and return its STANDARD OUTPUT, which becomes document
 // text.  Two things the first version did not do, both of them the same defect
@@ -51,7 +60,8 @@ std::string shell(State state, std::string command, Locator loc)
    // The braces keep the redirection outside the writer's command, so a
    // command containing its own pipeline or redirection still works.
    std::string wrapped = "{ " + command + " ; } 2>" + q_(err_path);
-    FILE* pipe = popen(wrapped.c_str(), "r");
+    Shell_command sh_cmd(wrapped, loc);
    FILE* pipe = popen(sh_cmd.line().c_str(), "r");
    if (!pipe) {
        fs::remove(err_path);
        throw Environment_error(
@@ -129,7 +139,9 @@ std::string run_haskell(const std::string& hsfile, Locator loc)
    err_path = err_template.data();
    std::string command = "runghc " + q_(hsfile) + " 2>" + q_(err_path);
-    FILE* pipe = popen(command.c_str(), "r");
+    // Through the same sh as :shell: the quoting is sh quoting.
    Shell_command sh_cmd(command, loc);
    FILE* pipe = popen(sh_cmd.line().c_str(), "r");
    if (!pipe) {
        fs::remove(err_path);
        throw Environment_error("Could not run runghc.", loc);
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ std::string absolute_pathname(const std::string& filename, const std::string& ba
 {
    fs::path p(filename);
    if (filename.empty()) {
-        return fs::current_path().string();
+        return fs::current_path().generic_string();
    }
    if (!base.empty()) {
        // Resolve filename relative to base's directory
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ std::string absolute_pathname(const std::string& filename, const std::string& ba
        fs::path base_dir = fs::is_directory(b) ? b : b.parent_path();
        p = base_dir / p;
    }
-    return fs::absolute(p).string();
+    return fs::absolute(p).generic_string();
 }
 std::string relative_pathname(const std::string& filename)
@@ -70,6 +70,66 @@ size_t count_substrings(const std::string& text, const std::string& substring) {
    return count;
 }
 std::string home_directory()
 {
    if (const char* home = std::getenv("HOME"); home && *home) {
        return home;
    }
 #ifdef _WIN32
    if (const char* profile = std::getenv("USERPROFILE"); profile && *profile) {
        return profile;
    }
 #endif
    return {};
 }
 std::string find_in_path(const std::string& program)
 {
    const char* path = std::getenv("PATH");
    if (path == nullptr) {
        return {};
    }
    std::stringstream ss(path);
    std::string dir;
    while (std::getline(ss, dir, path_list_separator)) {
        if (dir.empty()) {
            continue;
        }
        fs::path candidate = fs::path(dir) / program;
        std::error_code ec {};
        if (fs::is_regular_file(candidate, ec)) {
            return candidate.generic_string();
        }
 #ifdef _WIN32
        fs::path exe = candidate;
        exe += ".exe";
        if (fs::is_regular_file(exe, ec)) {
            return exe.generic_string();
        }
 #endif
    }
    return {};
 }
 std::vector<std::string> directory_list(const char* variable, const std::string& default_subdir)
 {
    std::string paths {};
    if (const char* env = std::getenv(variable); env && *env) {
        paths = env;
    } else if (std::string home = home_directory(); !home.empty()) {
        paths = home + "/" + default_subdir;
    }
    std::vector<std::string> result {};
    std::stringstream ss(paths);
    std::string dir;
    while (std::getline(ss, dir, path_list_separator)) {
        if (!dir.empty()) {
            result.push_back(dir);
        }
    }
    return result;
 }
 fs::path relative_to_cwd(const fs::path& input)
 {
    const auto base = fs::current_path();
@@ -289,8 +349,10 @@ std::string string_from_file(const std::string& pathname, bool strip_surrounding
 void string_to_file(const std::string& pathname, std::string contents)
 {
-    fs::create_directories(file_directory(fs::absolute(pathname)));
+    fs::create_directories(file_directory(fs::absolute(pathname).string()));
-    std::ofstream out(pathname);
+    // Binary: the text Klammertext writes ends its lines with LF on every
    // system; Windows' text mode would turn each into CRLF.
    std::ofstream out(pathname, std::ios::binary);
    if (!out) {
        throw File_error("Could not write file " + pathname);
    }
@@ -319,7 +381,7 @@ strings_t get_files_in_directory(const std::string& dir)
        for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(dir)) {
            if (entry.is_regular_file()) {
                // std::cout << entry.path().filename() << std::endl;
-                result.push_back(entry.path().filename());
+                result.push_back(entry.path().filename().string());
            }
        }
    } catch (const fs::filesystem_error& ex) {
@@ -456,8 +518,11 @@ strings_t get_sks_directories(const std::string& s, bool include_argument)
 std::string symbolic_klammertext_filename(std::string filename)
 {
    // Both in the generic spelling: a Windows KLAMMERTEXT_HOME may be written
    // with either separator, and a path Klammertext prints uses '/'.
    return string_replace(
-        filename, get_env_var("KLAMMERTEXT_HOME"), "$KLAMMERTEXT_HOME");
+        fs::path(filename).generic_string(),
        fs::path(get_env_var("KLAMMERTEXT_HOME")).generic_string(), "$KLAMMERTEXT_HOME");
 }
@@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ std::string relative_pathname(const std::string& filename, const std::string& ba
 fs::path relative_to_cwd(const fs::path& input);
 // The separator of a directory list in an environment variable
 // (KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS, KLAMMERTEXT_KLAMMERSETS): ';' on Windows, where a drive
 // letter puts a colon inside every absolute path, ':' everywhere else -- the
 // convention of PATH on each system.
 #ifdef _WIN32
 constexpr char path_list_separator = ';';
 #else
 constexpr char path_list_separator = ':';
 #endif
 // The user's home directory as the system names it: HOME, and on Windows
 // USERPROFILE when HOME is unset (a plain PowerShell or cmd sets no HOME;
 // an MSYS2 shell does). Empty when neither is set.
 std::string home_directory();
 // The first PROGRAM on PATH (split on path_list_separator; on Windows the
 // name also tried with ".exe"), or "" when none: what "which" answers, without
 // spawning a shell -- on Windows popen()'s cmd.exe has no "which".
 std::string find_in_path(const std::string& program);
 // The directories listed in an environment variable, split on
 // path_list_separator, empty entries dropped; DEFAULT_SUBDIR under the home
 // directory when the variable is unset or empty.
 std::vector<std::string> directory_list(const char* variable, const std::string& default_subdir);
 bool file_exists(const std::string& pathname, bool error_if_not=false, bool is_directory=false);
 // Text to its lines, and a file to (its whole text, its lines).  These
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 // The interpreter spawned for the font-metric script: python.org's Windows
 // build installs "python" only; Linux and macOS name it "python3".
 #ifdef _WIN32
 static const char* const python_interpreter = "python";
 #else
 static const char* const python_interpreter = "python3";
 #endif
 // A filesystem extension lowercased for case-insensitive matching, so a
 // font named Foo.TTF or Foo.OTF is recognized like Foo.ttf / Foo.otf.
 static std::string lower_extension(const fs::path& path)
 {
-    std::string ext = path.extension();
+    std::string ext = path.extension().string();
    for (char& c : ext) {
        c = std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(c));
    }
@@ -49,29 +57,14 @@ std::string name_to_dirname(const std::string& name)
 }
-// The directories searched for installed fonts: the colon-separated
+// The directories searched for installed fonts: the KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS
-// KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS environment variable, or ~/.klammertext/fonts when it
+// environment variable (a list in the system's PATH convention: ':' or, on
-// is not set.  Directories are searched in listed order, and the default
+// Windows, ';'), or ~/.klammertext/fonts when it is not set.  Directories are
-// fonts in $KLAMMERTEXT_HOME/fnt are searched last, so an installed font
+// searched in listed order, and the default fonts in $KLAMMERTEXT_HOME/fnt are
-// can deliberately shadow a default one.
+// searched last, so an installed font can deliberately shadow a default one.
 strings_t installed_font_dirs()
 {
-    strings_t result {};
+    return directory_list("KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS", ".klammertext/fonts");
    std::string paths {};
    const char* env = std::getenv("KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS");
    if (env && *env) {
        paths = env;
    } else if (const char* home = std::getenv("HOME"); home && *home) {
        paths = std::string(home) + "/.klammertext/fonts";
    }
    std::stringstream ss(paths);
    std::string dir;
    while (std::getline(ss, dir, ':')) {
        if (!dir.empty()) {
            result.push_back(dir);
        }
    }
    return result;
 }
 std::string default_font_dir()
@@ -151,7 +144,7 @@ std::vector<Resolved_font> fonts_in_directory(const std::string& base)
    for (auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(base)) {
        if (entry.path().extension() == ".css" &&
            fs::is_directory(base + "/" + entry.path().stem().string())) {
-            names.push_back(entry.path().stem());
+            names.push_back(entry.path().stem().string());
        }
    }
    std::sort(names.begin(), names.end());
@@ -199,10 +192,12 @@ static void extract_font_metrics(Resolved_font& font)
    if (!fs::exists(ttf_path))
        return;
    // Extract both x-height and cap-height ratios from OS/2 table
    // The path goes inside a Python literal: forward slashes, which Python
    // opens on every system, where a Windows backslash would be an escape.
    std::string script =
-        "python3 -c \""
+        std::string(python_interpreter) + " -c \""
        "import struct; "
-        "f = open('" + ttf_path + "', 'rb'); "
+        "f = open('" + fs::path(ttf_path).generic_string() + "', 'rb'); "
        "_, n = struct.unpack('>IH', f.read(6)); "
        "f.read(6); "
        "t = {};\n"
@@ -219,6 +214,9 @@ static void extract_font_metrics(Resolved_font& font)
        "print(f'{xh/upm:.4f} {ch/upm:.4f}') if ver >= 2 else None; "
        "f.close()\"";
    std::string result = trim(exec(script.c_str()));
    // A DERIVED value a designer cannot read off the font: the two ratios
    // (or nothing, when the script failed) decide the html size normalization.
    (void)K::log(3, "Font metrics of " + ttf_path + ": " + (result.empty() ? std::string("(none)") : result));
    if (!result.empty()) {
        try {
            auto pos = result.find(' ');
@@ -418,7 +416,7 @@ std::vector<Font_file> classify_font_files(const std::string& directory)
    for (auto& entry : fs::recursive_directory_iterator(directory)) {
        std::string ext = lower_extension(entry.path());
        if (entry.is_regular_file() && (ext == ".ttf" || ext == ".otf")) {
-            result.push_back(classify_font_file(entry.path()));
+            result.push_back(classify_font_file(entry.path().string()));
        }
    }
    return result;
@@ -521,7 +519,7 @@ std::string write_font_samples(const std::string& output_dir, const std::string&
        install_fonts(source_dir, output_dir + "/fonts");
        for (auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(output_dir + "/fonts")) {
            if (entry.path().extension() == ".css") {
-                std::string css = string_from_file(entry.path());
+                std::string css = string_from_file(entry.path().string());
                std::smatch match {};
                if (std::regex_search(css, match,
                                      std::regex(R"(font-family:\s*'([^']+)')"))) {
@@ -160,3 +160,8 @@ void warn_unparsed_katoms(katom_list& katoms, bool warn)
        }
    }
 }
 void set_show_rewrite_rules(bool on)
 {
    show_rewrite_rules = on;
 }
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ katom_list katomize_lines(const strings_t& lines, const std::string& source,
 // expand_compound_katom() and attributed to whichever rule the loop
 // happened to be holding, so it always read as "bar precedence".
 inline bool show_rewrite_rules = false;
 // Set it through this, never by assignment from a command: on Windows the
 // command's copy of an inline variable is not the library's (see
 // set_command_identity in command.h).
 void set_show_rewrite_rules(bool on);
 // Warn about text that matched no katom type and that no rule could divide
 // -- but only where it survives processing: text removed by #, ##, or
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> klammerset_search_dirs(const std::string& local_dir)
    // A repeated directory (e.g. the local stage already IS
    // $KLAMMERTEXT_HOME) adds nothing and clutters error messages.
    auto push_unique = [&result](const std::string& dir) {
-        std::string canonical = fs::weakly_canonical(dir).string();
+        std::string canonical = fs::weakly_canonical(dir).generic_string();
        if (!is_in(canonical, result)) {
            result.push_back(canonical);
        }
@@ -171,23 +171,11 @@ std::vector<std::string> klammerset_search_dirs(const std::string& local_dir)
    // a document could extend its own search path between one declaration and
    // the next.  Nothing intended that -- it fell out of a fresh getenv and an
    // in-process interpreter.
-    static const std::string paths = [] {
+    static const strings_t installed =
-        const char* env = std::getenv("KLAMMERTEXT_KLAMMERSETS");
+        directory_list("KLAMMERTEXT_KLAMMERSETS", ".klammertext/klammersets");
-        if (env && *env) {
+    for (const std::string& dir : installed) {
            return std::string(env);
        }
        if (const char* home = std::getenv("HOME"); home && *home) {
            return std::string(home) + "/.klammertext/klammersets";
        }
        return std::string();
    }();
    std::stringstream ss(paths);
    std::string dir;
    while (std::getline(ss, dir, ':')) {
        if (!dir.empty()) {
        push_unique(dir);
    }
    }
    if (const char* kthome = std::getenv(klammertext_home_var.c_str()); kthome && *kthome) {
        push_unique(kthome);
    }
@@ -280,11 +268,11 @@ std::string describe_klammerset_search(const std::string& local_dir, int margin)
            if (!is_klammerset_symbol(symbol) || !fs::is_regular_file(declaration)) {
                continue;
            }
-            std::string line = tab + symbol + sp_arrow + declaration.string();
+            std::string line = tab + symbol + sp_arrow + declaration.generic_string();
            if (first_hit.count(symbol)) {
                line += "  (shadowed by " + first_hit[symbol] + ")";
            } else {
-                first_hit[symbol] = declaration.string();
+                first_hit[symbol] = declaration.generic_string();
            }
            // What a set IS, under where it lives: the symbol and the path
            // say which file would load, and nothing at all about whether
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ std::string abbreviate_location(
 {
    std::string result = location;
    fs::path basename = fs::path(location).filename();
-    if (sks_commands.contains(basename)) {
+    if (sks_commands.contains(basename.string())) {
-        result = basename;
+        result = basename.string();
    } else {
        if (make_map) {
            if (relpath.count(location)) {
                result = relpath[location];
            } else {
-                result = fs::relative(location, fs::current_path());
+                result = fs::relative(location, fs::current_path()).generic_string();
                relpath[location] = result;
            }
        }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ std::string abbreviate_location(
 Locator::Locator(const fs::path& filename, int line, int chr)
-    : m_filename(filename)
+    : m_filename(filename.generic_string())
    , m_line(line)
    , m_chr(chr)
 {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ std::string Locator::str(bool relative) const
 // relative_pathname(m_filename, fs::current_path().string()) << ":" 
    std::string filename = m_filename;
    if (relative) {
-        filename = relative_to_cwd(m_filename);
+        filename = relative_to_cwd(m_filename).generic_string();
    }
    std::stringstream ss {};
    ss << "[" << filename << ":"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ std::string Locator::desc(bool relative) const
 // relative_pathname(m_filename, fs::current_path().string()) << ":" 
    std::string filename = m_filename;
    if (relative) {
-        filename = relative_to_cwd(m_filename);
+        filename = relative_to_cwd(m_filename).generic_string();
    }
    std::stringstream ss {};
    ss << filename << ", line " << m_line << ", character "  << m_chr + 1;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public:
        // toolchains (e.g. Homebrew GCC on macOS); guard against
        // fs::path(nullptr) -> strlen(NULL).
        : m_filename(location.file_name()
-                     ? fs::absolute(location.file_name()) : fs::path{})
+                     ? fs::absolute(location.file_name()).generic_string() : std::string{})
        , m_line(int(location.line()))
        , m_chr(int(location.column()))
        {};
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ void Machine::read(const fs::path& pathname)
    // :cpp libraries live next to the file that uses them).
    m_state.add_search_dir(fs::absolute(pathname).parent_path().string());
    m_state.open_frame("Machine state: " + pathname.string());
-    input(string_from_file(pathname), pathname.string());
+    input(string_from_file(pathname.string()), pathname.generic_string());
    m_sources.push_back(pathname);
 }
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ void Machine::expand_read_katoms(
    bool klammers, bool eval, bool cond, bool read)
 {
    (void)K::log(3);
-    current_filename = resolve_relative_to(current_filename);
+    current_filename = resolve_relative_to(current_filename).generic_string();
    // msg() << "current_filename: " << current_filename << "\n";
    if (std::find_if(katoms.begin(), katoms.end(), begin_read) != katoms.end()) {
        (void)K::log(3);
@@ -553,11 +553,11 @@ void Machine::expand_read_katoms(
                input_filename = fs::canonical(input_filename);
                m_state.add_search_dir(input_filename.parent_path().string());
                std::string text = trim_right(string_from_file(input_filename.string()));
-                katom_list ks = katomize_lines(line_split(text), input_filename);
+                katom_list ks = katomize_lines(line_split(text), input_filename.generic_string());
                // ks = 
                process_katoms(
                    // ks, command_pathname,
-                    ks, input_filename,
+                    ks, input_filename.generic_string(),
                    nonascii, literal, ignore, whitespace, klammers, eval, cond, read);
                katoms.insert(end, ks.begin(), ks.end());
            }
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ void Machine::load_klammerset_files(const Klammerset& klammerset, katom_iter ins
    std::vector<std::string> filenames {};
    for (const auto& required : klammerset.m_requires) {
        std::string path = is_klammerset_symbol(required)
-            ? resolve_klammerset_symbol(required, base_dir, klammerset.m_loc).string()
+            ? resolve_klammerset_symbol(required, base_dir, klammerset.m_loc).generic_string()
            : required;
        // ALREADY LOADED?  Decided BEFORE the file is opened.  The guard used
        // to sit in Klammerset_registry::add, which only runs once the file has
@@ -682,11 +682,11 @@ void Machine::load_klammerset_files(const Klammerset& klammerset, katom_iter ins
                klammerset.m_loc);
        }
        pathname = fs::canonical(pathname);
-        loaded_files.push_back(pathname.string());
+        loaded_files.push_back(pathname.generic_string());
        m_state.add_search_dir(pathname.parent_path().string());
        std::string text = trim_right(string_from_file(pathname.string()));
-        katom_list ks = katomize_lines(line_split(text), pathname);
+        katom_list ks = katomize_lines(line_split(text), pathname.generic_string());
-        process_katoms(ks, pathname);
+        process_katoms(ks, pathname.generic_string());
        loaded.insert(loaded.end(), ks.begin(), ks.end());
    }
    m_katoms.insert(insert_at, loaded.begin(), loaded.end());
@@ -357,7 +357,9 @@ std::string State::python_code()
                       m_search_dirs.begin(), m_search_dirs.end());
    for (const auto& d : python_dirs) {
        if (directory_has_python_file(d)) {
-            ss << "sys.path.append('" << d << "')\n";
+            // A Python string literal, not the raw text: a Windows directory
            // holds backslashes, and C:\Users reads as a \U unicode escape.
            ss << "sys.path.append(" << pyformat_string({d}) << ")\n";
        }
    }
    if (!m_frames.empty()) {
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include "error.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "locator.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -621,11 +626,51 @@ std::string freplace(const std::string& src, const std::regex& pattern,
    return result;
 }
 // Shell_command -- see util.h.  On Windows the script goes to a file under
 // the temp directory (mkstemp, so concurrent runs do not collide), and the
 // line is  ""<busybox>" sh "<script>""  -- the outer pair of quotes because
 // cmd /c strips the FIRST and LAST quote of a line holding more than two.
 Shell_command::Shell_command(const std::string& sh_command, [[maybe_unused]] const Locator& loc)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
    fs::path busybox = fs::path(get_env_var("KLAMMERTEXT_HOME")) / "win" / "busybox" / "busybox64u.exe";
    if (!fs::exists(busybox)) {
        throw Environment_error(
            "The shell Klammertext runs sh commands with on Windows is missing: "
            + busybox.generic_string(), loc);
    }
    std::string path = (fs::temp_directory_path() / "ktext_sh_XXXXXX").string();
    std::vector<char> tmpl(path.begin(), path.end());
    tmpl.push_back('\0');
    int fd = mkstemp(tmpl.data());
    if (fd == -1) {
        throw Environment_error("Could not create a temporary file for a shell command", loc);
    }
    close(fd);
    m_script = tmpl.data();
    std::ofstream out(m_script, std::ios::binary);
    out << sh_command << "\n";
    out.close();
    m_line = "\"\"" + busybox.string() + "\" sh \"" + m_script + "\"\"";
 #else
    m_line = sh_command;
 #endif
 }
 Shell_command::~Shell_command()
 {
    if (!m_script.empty()) {
        std::error_code ec {};
        fs::remove(m_script, ec);
    }
 }
 std::string exec(const char* cmd)
 {
    std::array<char, 128> buffer;                                                                                                       
    std::string result;
-    FILE* pipe = popen(cmd, "r");
+    Shell_command sh_cmd(cmd, Locator::none());
    FILE* pipe = popen(sh_cmd.line().c_str(), "r");
    if (!pipe) throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed");
    while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe) != nullptr) {
        result += buffer.data();
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <functional>
 #include <tuple>
 class Locator;   // locator.h; a full include would cycle through util.h
 #include <utility>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -85,6 +87,26 @@ std::pair<std::string,std::string> extract_parameter_type(const std::string& par
 std::tuple<std::string, std::string, bool> regex_split_prefix(const std::regex& pattern, const std::string& text);
 std::vector<std::string> dlist_split(const std::string& s);
 std::string get_env_var(const std::string& var);
 // A POSIX sh command as popen()/system() must receive it.  On Linux and
 // macOS line() is the text itself.  On Windows popen() runs cmd.exe, which
 // cannot carry a quoted string with an embedded newline, so the command is
 // written to a script file and line() runs the sh Klammertext ships
 // (win/busybox/) on that file; the file lives as long as this object.  exec()
 // uses it, so every command Klammertext composes runs under sh on every
 // system; code that calls popen()/system() itself (eval.cpp,
 // tst/klammer_test) uses it too.
 class Shell_command
 {
 public:
    Shell_command(const std::string& sh_command, const Locator& loc);
    ~Shell_command();
    Shell_command(const Shell_command&) = delete;
    Shell_command& operator=(const Shell_command&) = delete;
    const std::string& line() const { return m_line; }
 private:
    std::string m_line {};
    std::string m_script {};   // the script file, Windows only
 };
 std::string freplace(const std::string& src, const std::regex& pattern,
                     const std::function<std::string(std::smatch)>& func);
 std::string exec(const char* cmd);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ all : reflect.so
 # gets reflect.d, so a header change rebuilds it.
 reflect.so : $(OBJECTS) $(LIBRARY)
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(REF_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \
-		-o $@ $(OBJECTS) -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
+		-o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(KLAMMERTEXT_LIB) $(LDLIBS)
 clean :
 	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(DEPFILES) *.so *~
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ deps :
 # Shared object - link against libklammertext.so
 document.so : $(LOCAL_OBJECTS) $(SKS_OBJECTS) $(LIBRARY) document.cpp | deps
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LOCAL_CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DOC_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \
-		document.cpp -o $@ $(ALL_OBJECTS) -lklammertext $(LDLIBS)
+		document.cpp -o $@ $(ALL_OBJECTS) $(KLAMMERTEXT_LIB) $(LDLIBS)
 clean :
 	rm -f $(LOCAL_OBJECTS) $(LOCAL_DEPFILES) *.so *~
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ fs::path parse_input_filename(const std::string& s, const std::string& input_dir
                Locator::none());
        }
        // The resolved path itself shows kt/ -- no label needed.
-        (void)K::log(1, "Input file \"" + s + "\": " + in_kt.string());
+        (void)K::log(1, "Input file \"" + s + "\": " + in_kt.generic_string());
        return in_kt;
    }
    if (p.extension() != ".kt") {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ fs::path parse_input_filename(const std::string& s, const std::string& input_dir
        return p;
    }
    fs::path in_input_dir = fs::path(input_dir) / p;
-    (void)K::log(1, "Input file \"" + s + "\": " + in_input_dir.string());
+    (void)K::log(1, "Input file \"" + s + "\": " + in_input_dir.generic_string());
    return in_input_dir;
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ std::string insert_ids(const std::string& html_text)
 std::string Document_class::make_help_page()
 {
    (void)K::log(3);
-    std::string kt_filename = klammertext_filename("doc/html_help.kt");
+    std::string kt_filename = klammertext_filename("doc/html_help.kt").string();
    std::string basename = "help";
    std::string help_page;
    //if (!in_modification_order(kt_filename, output_filename, no_cache)) {
@@ -306,14 +306,14 @@ void Document_class::process_input_files()
    size_t basename_width = 0;
    for (auto input_filename : m_files) {
        fs::path inpath = input_filename;
-        if (!file_exists(inpath)) {
+        if (!file_exists(inpath.string())) {
            inpath = parse_input_filename(input_filename, m_input_dir);
        }
        std::string basename = file_basename(input_filename);
        basename_width = std::max(basename_width, basename.size());
        std::string html_text;
        //if (true || !in_modification_order(inpath, cached_filename, m_no_cache)) {
-        if (m_no_cache || cache_requires_update(m_cache_dir, inpath, basename)) {
+        if (m_no_cache || cache_requires_update(m_cache_dir, inpath.string(), basename)) {
            Machine M = m_machine;
            M.read(inpath);
            html_text = trim(M.apply("html"));
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ std::string Document_class::tex()
            std::string cached_filename = m_cache_dir + "/" + basename;
            fs::path inpath = parse_input_filename(input_filename, m_input_dir);
            // if (!in_modification_order(input_filename, cached_filename, m_no_cache)) {
-            if (m_no_cache || cache_requires_update(m_cache_dir, inpath, basename)) {
+            if (m_no_cache || cache_requires_update(m_cache_dir, inpath.string(), basename)) {
                Machine M = m_machine;
                M.m_state.set("document_landscape", landscape ? "true" : "false"); // , "Landscape mode");
                M.read(inpath);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ make_navigation_table_of_contents(std::vector<Heading> headings)
 void show_table_of_contents(
    const std::string& kt_root_filename, const std::string& title, std::vector<Heading> headings)
 {
-    long unsigned int width = kt_root_filename.size();
+    std::size_t width = kt_root_filename.size();
    for (Heading h : headings) {
        width = std::max(width, h.m_filename.size());
    }
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void show_table_of_contents(
 std::string cache_table_of_contents(
    const std::string& kt_root_filename, const std::string& title, std::vector<Heading> headings)
 {
-    long unsigned int width = kt_root_filename.size();
+    std::size_t width = kt_root_filename.size();
    for (Heading h : headings) {
        width = std::max(width, h.m_filename.size());
    }
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ class Image(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
    def tex(self):
-        source = os.path.abspath(self.source)
+        # Forward slashes: this path is document text (\includegraphics, an
        # html src), where a Windows backslash is a TeX command or an escape.
        source = os.path.abspath(self.source).replace(os.sep, "/")
        width = kutil.parse_width("tex", self.width, self.rel_fraction)[0]
        width = re.sub("px", "pt", width)
        #result = f'\\includegraphics[width={width}]{{{source}}}'
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> sks_files_of_type(const std::string& extension, const s
                        std::string msg = "File " + ext_filename + " in " + list_filename + " does not exist";
                        throw Internal_error(msg);
                    }
-                    if (in_subset(fs::path(s).stem(), subset)) {
+                    if (in_subset(fs::path(s).stem().string(), subset)) {
                        if (dbg) msg() << "    Add: " << ext_filename << "\n";
                        result.push_back(ext_filename);
                    }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> sks_files_of_type(const std::string& extension, const s
            } else {
                for (auto f : get_files_in_directory(ext_dir)) {
                    if (f[f.size()-1] != '~') {
-                        if (in_subset(fs::path(f).stem(), subset)) {
+                        if (in_subset(fs::path(f).stem().string(), subset)) {
                            result.push_back(ext_dir + "/" + f);
                            if (dbg) msg() << "    Add: " << f << "\n";
                        }
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ def klammertext_dir():
    return kdir
 def cache_directory(relative_pathname, basename):
-    directory = relative_pathname
+    # Forward slashes: the path ends up in document text (\includegraphics,
    # an html src), where a Windows backslash is a TeX command or an escape.
    directory = relative_pathname.replace(os.sep, "/")
    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
        os.makedirs(directory)
    result = directory  + "/_klammertext_cache/" + basename
@@ -302,9 +302,10 @@ namespace latex {
 void check_for_xelatex()
 {
-    std::string command = "which xelatex";
+    // A PATH search, not "which" through a shell: on Windows popen() runs
-    std::string xelatex_path = trim(exec(command.c_str()));
+    // cmd.exe, which has no which, and the answer would always be empty.
-    if (trim(xelatex_path).empty()) {
+    std::string xelatex_path = find_in_path("xelatex");
    if (xelatex_path.empty()) {
        throw Environment_error(
            "The \"xelatex\" command required to make PDF files is not installed",
            Locator());
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ echo "-- the output policy: three categories, two streams --"
 # For ktext, category 3 is a DOCUMENT that may be piped, so nothing else may
 # share the stream.  It did: K::log and msg() both wrote to stdout, so
 # "ktext -d -v 1 > doc.txt" put the whole argument dump inside the document.
-OUTF=$(mktemp /tmp/kout.XXXXXX); ERRF=$(mktemp /tmp/kerr.XXXXXX)
+OUTF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kout.XXXXXX); ERRF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kerr.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -f "$OUTF" "$ERRF"' EXIT
 ktext --klammersets none -s 'hello' -d -v 1 > "$OUTF" 2> "$ERRF"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ check_error() {
 FRAC='@@frac a | b : *a*/*b* @@'
 # A file for the @read non-strictness cases (21-21b).
-READ_FIXTURE=$(mktemp /tmp/cond_read.XXXXXX)
+READ_FIXTURE=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/cond_read.XXXXXX)
 printf 'READ-FIXTURE\n' > "$READ_FIXTURE"
 trap 'rm -f "$READ_FIXTURE"' EXIT
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ check_eq "21b. ... so a missing file in a discarded branch is not an error" "ok"
 # An @eval side effect is the observable test: the branch either touched the
 # file or it did not.
-SIDE=$(mktemp -u /tmp/cond_side.XXXXXX)
+SIDE=$(mktemp -u "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/cond_side.XXXXXX)
 "$KTEXT" --klammersets none -s "@cond false | @eval :shell touch $SIDE @ | ok @" -d >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ -f "$SIDE" ]; then
    echo "${red}FAIL${reset} 22. an @eval in a discarded branch ran"; FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); rm -f "$SIDE"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fi
 # string subscript then evaluates to 0, so all five fixtures overwrote one
 # slot and the whole suite compared the wrong report against the wrong test.
 # Files have no such floor and read the same on both systems.
-REPORTS=$(mktemp -d /tmp/coverage_reports.XXXXXX)
+REPORTS=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/coverage_reports.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -rf "$REPORTS"' EXIT
 for f in basic undecidable cycle split clean; do
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ echo "-- the file column survives a symlinked KLAMMERTEXT_HOME --"
 link=$(mktemp -u)/kt_home_link
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$link")"
 ln -s "$K" "$link"
 if [ ! -L "$link" ]; then
    # MSYS2 on Windows makes ln -s a COPY unless winsymlinks is configured;
    # a copy has no second spelling to test, so the case does not apply.
    echo "SKIP 58. a symlinked KLAMMERTEXT_HOME still shortens the path (ln -s made a copy, not a link)"
    rm -rf "$link"
 else
 out=$(KLAMMERTEXT_HOME="$link" "$link/bin/kdesc" --klammersets none \
        -i "$link/tst/coverage/basic.k" --coverage all 2>&1 \
      | grep -E '^ +@ab ')
@@ -308,6 +314,7 @@ case "$out" in
        echo "       got: [$out]"
        FAIL=$((FAIL+1));;
 esac
 fi
 echo
 echo "====================="
@@ -91,17 +91,20 @@ check() {   # check NAME FILE_A FILE_B
 }
 # --- the shared core: API and CLI (required) -------------------------------
-if ! command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+# The interpreter's name: python3 on Linux and macOS; on Windows python.org
-    echo "editor_test.sh: python3 not found" >&2
+# installs "python" only, and env/runtime.env exports PYTHON there.
 PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python3}
 if ! command -v "$PYTHON" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "editor_test.sh: $PYTHON not found" >&2
    exit 1
 fi
-if ! PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 "$FIX/editor_driver.py" "$SHARED_DIR" "${py_args[@]}"; then
+if ! PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 "$PYTHON" "$FIX/editor_driver.py" "$SHARED_DIR" "${py_args[@]}"; then
    echo "editor_test.sh: the Python driver failed" >&2
    exit 1
 fi
 # --- the Sublime adapters resolve to the shared core -----------------------
-if PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 -c "
+if PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 "$PYTHON" -c "
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, '$SUBLIME_DIR')
 import Klammertext, Klammertext_indent, Klammertext_align
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ else
 fi
 # --- the language server protocol test -------------------------------------
-if PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 "$FIX/ls_test.py" "$SHARED_DIR" "$FIX" >"$OUT/ls.log" 2>&1; then
+if PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 "$PYTHON" "$FIX/ls_test.py" "$SHARED_DIR" "$FIX" >"$OUT/ls.log" 2>&1; then
    echo "${green}PASS${reset} language server protocol ($(grep -c '^PASS' "$OUT/ls.log") checks)"
    PASS=$((PASS + 1))
 else
@@ -255,7 +258,7 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "$OUT/vsix"
 cp -R "$EDIT_DIR/vscode" "$EDIT_DIR/shared" "$OUT/vsix/"
 if ( cd "$OUT/vsix/vscode" && ./make_vsix.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 ) && \
-   PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 -c "
+   PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 "$PYTHON" -c "
 import sys, zipfile
 names = set(zipfile.ZipFile('$OUT/vsix/vscode/klammertext.vsix').namelist())
 need = {'extension.vsixmanifest', '[Content_Types].xml',
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ echo "-- and the converse: a # INSIDE literal content is CONTENT --"
 # in the same string is not yet literal while that string is scanned.  "-s" is
 # processed before the input files, so this ordering is what a real document
 # has -- the klammer set is loaded first.
-LITUSE=$(mktemp /tmp/escape_lit.XXXXXX).kt
+LITUSE=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/escape_lit.XXXXXX).kt
 printf '@lit a # b lit@\n' > "$LITUSE"
 # "-d" is required here and nowhere else in this suite: with a FILE input ktext
 # writes a file instead of displaying, so stdout would be empty.
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ echo "-- 25a-e: only a DECLARED option name opens an option region --"
 # never wrote, in content promised to be read as nothing but text.
 # OPT declares one option, :flag, so both directions can be asserted.
 OPT='@@opt.k :flag.bool | t.literal : A literal klammer with an option @@ @@opt.t :: [*flag*/*t*] @@'
-OPTUSE=$(mktemp /tmp/escape_opt.XXXXXX).kt
+OPTUSE=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/escape_opt.XXXXXX).kt
 opt_case() {   # opt_case NAME EXPECTED USE
    printf '%s\n' "$3" > "$OPTUSE"
    check_eq "$1" "$2" "$OPTUSE" --klammersets none -t t -d -s "$T $OPT"
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ green=$'\033[32m'
 bold=$'\033[1m'
 reset=$'\033[0m'
-OUTF=$(mktemp /tmp/eval_out.XXXXXX)
+OUTF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/eval_out.XXXXXX)
-ERRF=$(mktemp /tmp/eval_err.XXXXXX)
+ERRF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/eval_err.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -f "$OUTF" "$ERRF"' EXIT
 plain() { sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g'; }
@@ -232,7 +232,14 @@ fi
 # :haskell without runghc: strip PATH so the case is deterministic whether or
 # not GHC is installed; ktext itself is invoked by absolute path (which works
 # since the 2026-08-21 construct_command_pathname fix).
-env PATH=/nonexistent "$K/bin/ktext" --klammersets none \
+# A PATH without runghc. On Windows a program finds its DLLs through PATH,
 # so there it keeps the directories of libklammertext.so and python312.dll
 # -- neither holds a runghc, which is all the case needs.
 NORUNGHC_PATH=/nonexistent
 if command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    NORUNGHC_PATH="/nonexistent:$(cygpath -u "$K")/bin:$(dirname "$(command -v python)")"
 fi
 env PATH="$NORUNGHC_PATH" "$K/bin/ktext" --klammersets none \
    -s '@eval :haskell main = putStrLn "x" @' -d >"$OUTF" 2>"$ERRF"
 hstatus=$?
 if [ $hstatus -ne 0 ] && tr '\n' ' ' < "$ERRF" | grep -qF "requires runghc"; then
@@ -117,10 +117,19 @@ check "2b. ... and reported at -v 1" \
      "ALPHA" "interpreting \"my file.kt\" as one filename" \
      my file.kt -d --klammersets none -v 1
 case "$(uname -s)" in
    MINGW*|MSYS*)
        # The MSYS shell rewrites a bare "/" argument into the MSYS root
        # (C:/msys64/) before a native program sees it; a Windows user in
        # PowerShell or cmd is not affected, so the feature is not what fails.
        echo "SKIP 3. standalone / separates a filename list (the MSYS shell rewrites a bare /)";;
    *)
 check "3. standalone / separates a filename list" \
      "ALPHA
 BETA" "" \
      my file.kt / b.kt -d --klammersets none
 ;;
 esac
 check "4. space in a directory component" \
      "GAMMA" "" \
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ shows " 4a. -u describes the Unicode syntax" '\^0418\^'        "$KDESC" -u
 # The rendered glyph, as UTF-8 BYTE escapes: macOS ships bash 3.2, which
 # expands $'\xHH' but not $'\U...' (that difference failed this suite's
 # sibling on Olion, 2026-08-23).
-shows " 4b. ... and shows the characters"    $'\xf0\x93\x8a\xaa' "$KDESC" -u
+# Byte semantics for this one grep: MSYS2's grep under its UTF-8 locale does
 # not match a four-byte character that the C locale matches. Only here --
 # under LC_ALL=C a ".{72,}" width test (10a) would count bytes, not characters.
 LC_ALL=C shows " 4b. ... and shows the characters"    $'\xf0\x93\x8a\xaa' "$KDESC" -u
 echo
 echo "-- the multi-letter topics --"
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ shows "27b. an unknown typeface word names the flag" 'Unrecognized typeface comm
 # ~/.klammertext/fonts yet, so an error there would fail every new user's
 # first "kdesc --typeface".  A typeface an earlier directory also holds is
 # shadowed, and the LATER row says by which directory.
-FONTS=$(mktemp -d /tmp/kdesc_fonts.XXXXXX)
+FONTS=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kdesc_fonts.XXXXXX)
 shows "27c. --typeface lists the default set" 'Klammertext default typefaces' "$KDESC" --typeface
 shows "27d. a missing search directory is a row" 'directory does not exist' \
      env KLAMMERTEXT_FONTS="$FONTS/none" "$KDESC" --typeface
@@ -201,25 +204,25 @@ echo "-- provenance: -i shows what the INPUT defines --"
 # defines; a reader of an unfamiliar document wants the custom ones it
 # carries.  So "-i" restricts every listing to definitions from outside the
 # loaded klammersets -- while the klammersets stay loaded.
-PROV=$(mktemp /tmp/kdesc_prov.XXXXXX.k)
+PROV=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kdesc_prov.XXXXXX.k)
 printf '@@shout.k s : Say it loudly @@\n@@shout.html :: <b>*s*</b> @@\n' > "$PROV"
 shows  "32. -i lists the input's own klammer"   '@shout'   "$KDESC" -i "$PROV" -k
 absent "33. ... and not the klammerset's"       '@table'   "$KDESC" -i "$PROV" -k
 shows  "34. without -i the klammerset is shown" '@table'   "$KDESC" -k
 # The klammerset is still LOADED: a coverage derived from a klammer it
 # supplies proves the analysis saw it even though the report does not.
-DERIVE=$(mktemp /tmp/kdesc_derive.XXXXXX.k)
+DERIVE=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kdesc_derive.XXXXXX.k)
 printf '@@wave.k s : Wave @@\n@@wave :: @i *s* @ @@\n' > "$DERIVE"
 shows  "35. coverage is derived through the unlisted klammerset" \
       '@wave +ansi html pdf tex txt +from @i' "$KDESC" -i "$DERIVE" --coverage
 absent "36. ... and the klammerset is not reported" '@table' "$KDESC" -i "$DERIVE" --coverage
 # A klammer the input REDEFINES came from the klammerset, but the input
 # changed it -- which is exactly what a reader needs to know.
-REDEF=$(mktemp /tmp/kdesc_redef.XXXXXX.k)
+REDEF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kdesc_redef.XXXXXX.k)
 printf '@@i.html ::: <em class="mine">*text*</em> @@\n' > "$REDEF"
 shows  "37. a redefined klammer is the input's too" '@i' "$KDESC" -i "$REDEF" -k
 # An input that declares its own klammerset is still the input.
-DECL=$(mktemp -d /tmp/kdesc_decl.XXXXXX)
+DECL=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kdesc_decl.XXXXXX)
 mkdir -p "$DECL/own"
 printf '@@@klammerset own | A designer set @@@\n@@yell.k s : Yell @@\n@@yell.html :: <b>*s*</b> @@\n' \
    > "$DECL/own/own.k"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ GREET='@@greet name : Hello, *name*. @@ @greet World @'
 OWNTARGET='@@@target foo | Foo output @@@ @@bar.foo : B @@ text'
 # A file for --read to pull in.
-READFIXTURE=$(mktemp /tmp/kdiag_read.XXXXXX)
+READFIXTURE=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kdiag_read.XXXXXX)
 printf 'READFILE\n' > "$READFIXTURE"
 trap 'rm -f "$READFIXTURE"' EXIT
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ check_fails "11. invalid symbol rejected" \
 # Runtime fixtures: a document directory holding a local klammerset, and a
 # separate directory serving as a KLAMMERTEXT_KLAMMERSETS stage.
-DOCDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/klammerset_doc.XXXXXX)
+DOCDIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/klammerset_doc.XXXXXX)
-ENVDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/klammerset_env.XXXXXX)
+ENVDIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/klammerset_env.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -rf "$DOCDIR" "$ENVDIR" /tmp/klammerset_test_err.$$' EXIT
 mkdir -p "$DOCDIR/locset" "$ENVDIR/envset" "$ENVDIR/locset"
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ check_eq "23c. ... as is naming the same set twice on the command line" \
 #      "kdesc --klammersets" could not be a complete answer.  It could:
 #      the embedded Python shares the process, so an @eval doing os.environ
 #      changed what a later getenv returned.  The environment is now read once.
-LATE=$(mktemp -d /tmp/klammerset_late.XXXXXX)
+LATE=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/klammerset_late.XXXXXX)
 mkdir -p "$LATE/late"
 printf '@@@klammerset late | Appeared mid-run @@@\n@@@target lt | T @@@\n@@l.lt : LATE @@\n' \
    > "$LATE/late/late.k"
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ green=$'\033[32m'
 bold=$'\033[1m'
 reset=$'\033[0m'
-OUTF=$(mktemp /tmp/kpy_out.XXXXXX)
+OUTF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kpy_out.XXXXXX)
-ERRF=$(mktemp /tmp/kpy_err.XXXXXX)
+ERRF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kpy_err.XXXXXX)
-WORK=$(mktemp -d /tmp/kpy_work.XXXXXX)
+WORK=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kpy_work.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -rf "$OUTF" "$ERRF" "$WORK"' EXIT
-export PYTHONPATH="$K/kpy${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
+# Python splits PYTHONPATH on the system's list separator: ':' on Linux and
 # macOS, ';' on Windows (an MSYS2 shell runs a native python.org Python).
 if command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1; then sep=';'; else sep=':'; fi
 export PYTHONPATH="$K/kpy${PYTHONPATH:+$sep$PYTHONPATH}"
 # A DEBUG=1 build instruments the module with AddressSanitizer, and an
 # instrumented extension imported into an uninstrumented python needs the
@@ -57,9 +60,9 @@ export PYTHONPATH="$K/kpy${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
 # the engine throws dies with "CHECK failed: asan_interceptors.cpp ...
 # real___cxa_throw != 0" (every error case of this suite, 2026-09-08).
 # Linux only (LD_PRELOAD); macOS ASan runs are not supported here.
-MODULE=$(ls "$K"/kpy/klammertext.*.so 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+MODULE=$(ls "$K"/kpy/klammertext.*.so "$K"/kpy/klammertext.*.pyd 2>/dev/null | head -1)
 if [ -z "$MODULE" ]; then
-    echo "${red}FAIL${reset} kpy/ is not built (no kpy/klammertext.*.so)"
+    echo "${red}FAIL${reset} kpy/ is not built (no kpy/klammertext.*.so or .pyd)"
    exit 1
 fi
 if nm -D "$MODULE" 2>/dev/null | grep -q '__asan_init'; then
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ import os, klammertext as kt
 M = kt.Machine(klammersets="none", target="txt", files=["doc.kt"])
 M.read_files()
 out = M.output_filename
-print("files", M.apply(), "|", os.path.basename(out), "|", os.path.dirname(out) == os.getcwd())
+print("files", M.apply(), "|", os.path.basename(out), "|", os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(out)) == os.getcwd())
 EOF
 expect " 7. files= and read_files(); output_filename beside the input" 'files hello from a file \| doc.txt \| True'
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ import os, klammertext as kt
 M = kt.Machine(klammersets="none", target="txt", files=["doc.kt"], output="out/renamed")
 M.read_file("doc.kt")
 M.apply()
-print("output", os.path.relpath(M.write()), os.path.exists("out/renamed.txt"))
+print("output", os.path.relpath(M.write()).replace(os.sep, "/"), os.path.exists("out/renamed.txt"))
 EOF
 expect " 9. output= is -o: directory plus basename" 'output out/renamed.txt True'
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ reset=$'\033[0m'
 # same directory and fail on the Mac only.  `pwd -P` is POSIX; macOS has no
 # GNU realpath by default.
 T="$(cd "$(mktemp -d)" && pwd -P)"
 # Under MSYS2 the physical path comes back in POSIX form (/tmp/...), which a
 # native ktext cannot open; the Windows spelling is what the fixtures and the
 # expectations must carry.
 command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1 && T="$(cygpath -m "$T")"
 trap 'rm -rf "$T"' EXIT
 mkdir -p "$T/seta" "$T/setb" "$T/elsewhere"
@@ -51,6 +55,9 @@ check() {   # check NAME EXPECTED ARGS...
    local name="$1" expected="$2"; shift 2
    local out
    out=$(ktext "$@" --klammersets none -d 2>/dev/null)
    # A working directory Python reports on Windows has backslashes; the
    # expectation, built from the shell's Windows-form path, has slashes.
    case "$(uname -s)" in MINGW*|MSYS*) out=${out//\\//};; esac
    if [ "$out" = "$expected" ]; then
        echo "${green}PASS${reset} $name"; PASS=$((PASS + 1))
    else
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ green=$'\033[32m'
 bold=$'\033[1m'
 reset=$'\033[0m'
-OUTF=$(mktemp /tmp/verb_out.XXXXXX)
+OUTF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/verb_out.XXXXXX)
-ERRF=$(mktemp /tmp/verb_err.XXXXXX)
+ERRF=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/verb_err.XXXXXX)
-TMPD=$(mktemp -d /tmp/verb_dir.XXXXXX)
+TMPD=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/verb_dir.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -f "$OUTF" "$ERRF"; rm -rf "$TMPD"' EXIT
 plain() { sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g'; }
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
 --- A note on GPL versions
 BusyBox is distributed under version 2 of the General Public License (included
 in its entirety, below).  Version 2 is the only version of this license which
 this version of BusyBox (or modified versions derived from this one) may be
 distributed under.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
 # BusyBox for Windows — the shell behind `@eval :shell` on Windows
 `busybox64u.exe` is [BusyBox for Windows](https://frippery.org/busybox/)
 (busybox-w32) by Ron Yorston, release **FRP-6075-g169694ebd** of
 2026-05-07, the 64-bit Unicode build, downloaded from
 `https://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox64u.exe` on 2026-09-24.
    sha256  6e263d154d8548d1eb936f65d1d8312c80df31c45974e48d6335e4dcc0f4f34c
    size    675840 bytes
 ## Why it is here
 On Linux and macOS `popen()` runs a `:shell` command with `/bin/sh`, so
 `@eval :shell …` has always meant a POSIX shell command. On Windows
 `popen()` runs `cmd.exe`, a different language, and the same document would
 mean something else. Klammertext therefore runs `:shell` commands on
 Windows with this `sh` (`mac/eval.cpp`, `shell_command_line()`), and a
 document's `:shell` command means the same thing on every system.
 ## Licence
 BusyBox is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 (`LICENSE`, the copy from the busybox-w32 repository). Klammertext invokes
 it as a separate program and does not link against it. The corresponding
 source is the busybox-w32 repository, `https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32`,
 at the release above; anyone who receives this binary from a Klammertext
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