Gary
I've installed the default teTeX distribution that comes with Mandrake. I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta
How? Did you copy the new files over the old ones?
I've edited texexec.ini, commenting out the reference to l:/...
You shouldn't need to do this.
I've edited ... what was it ... fmtedit?? darn, can't remember, but I uncommented two lines that refer to cont-en and cont-nl
fmtutil --edit?
I've added to PATH: /usr/share/texmf /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config
Not needed, please don't do so.
I've made cont-en.tex and cont-en.ini executable
not needed, as well.
But texexec --pdf filename.tex returns with sh: line 1: cont-en: command not found
so cont-en is either not on the path or not executable, right?
it does not need to be there. So something else must be wrong.
Please be explicit:
are we talking about cont-en.tex, cont-en.ini, or cont-en.tws?
neither nor. We are talking mainly about the executable files texexec, pdfetex and the texexec.ini config file for texexec (so many config files!)
Where is the usual place to put it?
Don't know where the usual place is, but I keep my ConTeXt installation separate from the tetex installation, since I like to keep things apart. I changed the config file texmf.cfg and included the ConTeXt path. Nevertheless, it should be possible to install the ConTeXt beta over the tetex installation.
When adding to path, is the shell environment PATH variable what's meant? or is there some way within ConTeXt to set a path?
Yes, no.
What else could be wrong?
Please post the output of `texexec --verb' and the output of `kpsewhich cont-en.efmt' and `type texexec'. Patrick