Dear conglomerate, Ok, I've installed mswincontext.zip, dated 3-16, refreshed fndb, set UseEnginePath to true and so forth. 4 Problems: 1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf still work): ========================== \definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery] \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] Zapf Chancery \input tufte.tex ========================== Log file: =========================== This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2005.3.21) 21 MAR 2005 17:38 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) **&pdfetex/cont-en typescripts2.tex (./typescripts2.tex <snip> (c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-buy.tex) Missing character: There is no Z in font texnansi-uzcmi8a! Missing character: There is no a in font texnansi-uzcmi8a! <snip> Missing character: There is no . in font texnansi-uzcmi8a! ) fonts : using map file: texnansi-base fonts : using map file: texnansi-urw-zapfchan [1.1 Warning: pdfetex.exe (file pdftex.map): cannot open font map file <snip> =========================== 2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format is properly installed in \texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/ =========================== This is Aleph, Version 3.141592-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (Web2c 7.5.3) \write18 enabled. Copyright (c) 2002--2004 the Aleph task force ---! c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex =========================== 3. If I replace the pdfetex format with aleph.fmt, the latter works. It copiles fine on the following file, but neither dvips, odvips, or dvipdfm can find the fonts: =========================== % output=aleph interface=en \starttext Latin Modern \input tufte \definetypeface [times] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] [encoding=ec] \switchtotypeface [times] [12pt,rm] Times \input tufte.tex \stoptext =========================== Also, aleph displays the strange "HASH" message: =========================== TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 Opt=HASH(0x1c44160) executable : aleph =========================== 4. That trick with the footnotes and endnotes is interesting, but the endnotes still spill over the page (I double-checked that core-not was replaced and the format regenerated): =========================== % output=pdftex interface=en \starttext \dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{test} \endnote{eee}\endgraf} \page \placenotes[endnote] \stoptext =========================== 5. I'm still concerned about getting ConTeXt to search my old \TeXLive tree secondarily. changing C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf does not seem to do anything (sigh ) == I really hope I can get everything working soon, because I've lost about a week's worth of deadlined writing fooling around with configuring ConTeXt (which is exactly what I was afraid would happen):-( Thnx in advance, and forgive my frustration-) Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523