Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

Mocja---I will start with the second proposal and save the first for tomorrow. On Sep 1, 2008, at 17;38,50 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:

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On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:

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On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:

For setting HOMETEXMF you can help yourself, though it would be nice if we provided a solution that worked out of the box. But I would like to get a confirmation from Hans that it's OK to do that.

I have modified the texmf.cnf in ./Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf/web2c with the lines export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf export TEXMF='{$TEXMFHOME,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!! $TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}' but ConTeXt still does not find my personal texmf folder

I probably told you wrong, but: 1.) you have HOMETEXMF first and then TEXMFHOME: these need to be equal 2.) unless you are following (3), don't modify the file in texmf/, but create /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf instead, else the file will be overwritten at first update 3.) even then I'm not completely sure, but I guess that environmental variables override settings in texmf.cnf, so you either need to a) modify setuptex (rename it and run the renamed file instead of setuptex) b) only export PATH and not run setuptex at all; in that case values from texmf.cnf will be used - maybe you need to run "mktexlsr" or "luatools --generate"

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OK. One quick reply just to see if I am on track.

I have created /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-local/web2c/ texmf.cnf where texmf.cnf now has export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf export TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!!

(hopefully the line continues ...)

The lines you have written here belong to "setuptex", not to texmf.cnf. The syntax for setuptex is slightly different.

HOMETEXMF = ~/Library/texmf # single line TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!! $TEXMFCONTEXT,!!$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}

But try putting export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf # single line export TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!! $TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}'

into setuptex (replace the old variables). The problem is that if you adapt texmf.cnf only, you still override those settings with setuptex.

There is one thing that you could try (I never use TeXShop, but there's a change that it works):

~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-pdfTeX.engine

#!/bin/bash export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel:$PATH texexec "$1"

Done. The “Hello world” file processes but using my texlive 2007 distribution. 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 780 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 ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.04 10:10 MKII fmt: 2008.8.31 int: english/ english

~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-luaTeX.engine

#!/bin/bash export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel:$PATH export TEXMFCACHE=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache context "$1"

Done. No joy. ConTeXt complains: /Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-luaTeX.engine: line 4: context: command not found

~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-XeTeX.engine

#!/bin/bash export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel:$PATH texexec --xtx "$1"

Done. I t works, but 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 403 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./hello.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.5.18 int: english/ english seems odd. I do not use XeTeX but I am guessing that this version is also in my Texlive 2007 distribution too. I do like the idea of defining different engines for pdftex and luatex, since it address one of my earlier queries about switching between the two with the minimals. More tomorrow. Warm thanks. Alan

(sorry for two different proposals - I should probably only send you a single one)

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