Greetings all, I'm a LaTeXer who is intrigued by ConTeXt. I'm running Mac OS 10.3, using Gerben Wierda's i-Installer, and have been receiving some error messages with my first attempts that a little searching-around haven't been clarified. Without the latest ConTeXt update from the i-Installer, for a file like: \starttext Hello there. \stoptext when run with texexec = texexec Condy.tex TeXExec 5.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : Condy output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 3 seconds total run time : 3 seconds With the update, I get = texexec Condy.tex TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : Condy output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./Condy.tex ConTeXt ver: 2001.11.13 fmt: 2005.2.5 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! system (E-TEX) : [line 473] \ifcsname ) system : cont-old loaded (/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 2-es-2 2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : Condy.top loaded (./Condy.top ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!directory ={/Users/wooten/} \xprocesscommaitem #1,#2->\if ]#1 \expandafter \gobbleoneargument \else \p!do... \xdogetparameters #1]->\xprocesscommaitem #1,] ,\@relax@ \dosetupsystem [#1]->\getparameters [\??sv ][#1] \setuprandomize [\@@svwillek... l.3 \setupsystem[\c!directory={/Users/wooten/}] ————— I'd appreciate any advice you can give, and perhaps I won't even have to eat crow ;) David Wooten