Charles---this is very helpful and much appreciated. Alan
I created a .profile containing the line source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex and put it in Macintosh HD/Users/alancbowen/Library
OK, the source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex should be the path to YOUR context minimals (the /path/to/blablabla is commonly understood among UNIX users as meaning "substitute the path to my thingy here." OK I know where your TeXshop files are (under your Library dir tree) but I don't know where the ConTeXt minimals were installed on your machine. I have not installed minimals because the TeXLive distribution with MacTeX has served me satisfactorily to date.
As the wiki says, all the required files are in the /Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals folder.
Please locate the folders context/tex/setuptex and context/tex in the place where the minimals install put them. Are they under your home dir or are they under /usr/local?
I do not seem to have a setuptex folder on my box---at least I have not been able to find one under either /usr/local or /Users/ alancbowen/. And there certainly is none in /Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals (as seems to be expected).
Figure out the FULL pathname from root, e.g., /usr/local/context/tex/setuptex or whatever it is. Put those full pathnames into the source line.
Now, your .profile file goes in your home dir, /Users/alancbowen. The Bourne-again shell, bash, must find that file in your home dir when you login.
OK
/Users/alancbowen is how the UNIX side of OS X sees you, not Macintosh HD/Users/alancbowen/Library. That's how Aqua things see you. They both work, but UNIX creates a virtual environment off of a root /, that in turn has Mac dirs like Applications, Users, and so on. /Users on the Mac corresponds to /home on other Unix-like systems.
And this brings up a good point. With UNIX pathnames, you have two alternatives for spaces in pathnames, e.g., from your home dir: "~/The Directory/and/its leaves" ~/The\ Directory/and/its\ leaves Thanks for the clarification.
HTH
Charles
But, sad to say, I get the same error when I try to typeset my “Hello World!” file using the™ minimals:
/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex: line 75: cd: / Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals/context: No such file or directory The argument "" is not a valid TEXROOT path. There is no file "/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex')
Alan
On Aug 23, 2008, at 21;04,37 , Charles P. Schaum wrote:
Here's a start:
What's in your path? Typing set in the terminal window should tell you.
Second, did you add
source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
to your ~/.profile
You need to have the source work from when you log in, and that happens in the .profile, not the .bashrc. That way, stuff under Aqua see the right environment. If you just do cmdline, then .bashrc is OK.
That's similar to GNOME under Linux/BSD.
See what happens after you do that.
Charles
On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
Charles,
I ran the last command (for “typical”) but now, when I try to typeset \starttext Hello World! \stoptext it appears that there is a “context” folder missing in the minimals that I downloaded. That is, I get
/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex: line 75: cd: / Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals/context: No such file or directory The argument "" is not a valid TEXROOT path. There is no file "/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex') TeXExec | processing document 'hello.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file hello.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1013 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./hello.tex
which indicates that Texlive 2007 was used.
Alan
Note: the text of ConTeXtMinimals.engine reads
#!/bin/bash source /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals/context/tex texexec "$1"
On Aug 23, 2008, at 12;20,09 , Charles P. Schaum wrote:
Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal from the finder
Type (or cut n paste from Mail/Entourage) and don't put a carriage return between these lines (they are wrapped automatically)
chmod a+x Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
If that fails - and it should not - try:
sudo chmod a+x Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
You can substitute:
chmod a+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
for the above path, and you can opt to do
chmod u+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
when only you should execute it or
chmod g+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
if anyone in your group can execute it
or you can be "typical" and say
chmod 775 ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
and that will make everyone executable and you/your group read- writable. Since you are using UNIX (as Mac OS X proudly touts) you might want to snag a reference on shell scripting and basic UNIX commands. Welcome to the world beyond Aqua.
That should do it.
Charles
On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 09:23 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
I have installed the Context Minimals following the newbie instructions on the wiki at contextgarden for Mac users.
The instructions themselves are clear but should perhaps be updated: • the file originally downloaded is first-setup.sh not first-setup.tsh • to execute this file run ./first-setup.sh not first-setup.sh (at least, the former worked and did not return a “command not found” message).
I also configured TeXShop as instructed. But now when I try to typeset a file, I get the error message: Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine does not have the executable bit set.
How can I fix this?
Alan
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