Apart from my reference numbering problem with the bib module, everything was working OK. So, I decided it was time to have a go with "XeConTeXt".
I was following Adam's instructions here:
http://contextgarden.net/XeTeX
Checked:
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/config:texexec.ini
for:
for tetex set TeXPassString to -progname=context
for tetex set TeXVirginFlag to -ini
OK. Just to be safe ran:
texexec --verbose
texexec --make
texhash
No problems so far. Then:
sudo texexec --make --xtx en
gave:
TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
TeX hash binary : mktexlsr
comment : hashing may take a while ...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.91 (Web2C 7.5.3) (INITEX)
(WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored)
entering extended mode
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-etx.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-omg.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-xtx.tex
! I can't find file `xplain.tex'.
l.21 \input xplain.tex
Please type another input file name:
xplain.tex is indeed nowhere to be found
I reinstalled TeX then XeTeX and then ConTeXt from Gerben's and Jonathan's i-Packages choosing "2004 Stable" for TeX and "beta" for ConTeXt.
Went through the same procedure. Same result.
How to proceed ?
[Just to test, I then ran:
texexec --xtx mySampleFile.tex
and got:
TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
executable : xetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : /Users/Mark/mySampleFile
output : xetex
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.91 (Web2C 7.5.3)
(WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored)
---! cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
which probably corresponds to the fact that