Then something is not making sense (to me). .bashrc clearly shows: export PATH=$PATH:/home/me/bin/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin, so does that not mean that bin can be found via the path? So why does 'context myfile.tex' not work? If I run a full path (. /home/me/bin/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun context myfile.tex) I get the message 'cannot execute binary file' and yet mtxrun is executable. I checked. Clearly I am making a basic error, but cannot work out what. Julian On 23/5/21 7:54 pm, Hans Hagen wrote:
Hi Julian,
afaik with lmtx a setup is not necessary. With mk iv it established the tex tree. With lmtx the tree is somehow self-contained.
I use lmtx and point the compile command of my editor of choice (Geany, Kile, Texmaker, Emacs whatever) directly to .../context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun --autogenerate --script context [file] Even mkiv doesn't need it .. just make sure the bin can be found (via
On 5/23/2021 9:52 AM, Benny Schurig wrote: the path) or call it fully quallified. Once started th ebinary can figure out where it sits in the tree.
The setup script(s) also (at least in the beginning) made sure that when for some reason an other tex installation had set some variables related to the "TDS" they were nilled, but when a context user just install context that doesn't happen
Hans
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