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frantisek holop wrote:
the first step to upgrade context is:
--\startquote--------------------------------------------------- Fix texmf.cnf --\stopquote----------------------------------------------------
i deliberately skipped this one, and the new context worked without it. what does this precisely do?
See the answer to #2, already posted
but it turned out that that this new line comes up anyway. could anyone comment on it?
That line from texexec comes from paranoia in texexec, I think it is displayed always.
the next tip is to
--\startquote--------------------------------------------------- shell_escape = t --\stopquote----------------------------------------------------
in the default openbsd package this line says:
shell_escape = f
what is the difference? and what is it for anyway? some external execution of the legends are true? :)
It allows tex to start programs on-the-fly. Most imprtantly metapost, for the creation of graphics. It works fine without, but with the 'f' setting, usually an extra tex run is needed, loosing you valuable time. Cheers, Taco