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 <acbowen@princeton.edu> wrote:

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

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"


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)

Mojca
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