Re: [NTG-context] installing two ConTeXt trees

2 Sep 2013


      Thanks, Otared! That is very helpful indeed. I now have access to each of
the ConTeXt trees via TeXShop—and a sensible way to explore why the ConTeXt
betas since August 5 have not worked so well with my files.

All best, Alan


On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Otared Kavian  wrote:
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Hi Alan,
Using TeXShop on MacOS X you can create two files named «
mkiv-stable.engine » and « mkiv-testing.engine » and put them in the folder
Library/TeXShop/Engines
The first file « mkiv-stable.engine » contains the following:
        #!/bin/bash
source [path-to-your-context-minimal-stable-folder]/tex/setuptex
        context --autogenerate --synctex=1 "$1"
and the second file « mkiv-testing.engine » contains
        #!/bin/bash
source [path-to-your-context-minimal-testing-folder]/tex/setuptex
        context --autogenerate --synctex=1 "$1"
(personnaly I add also
        rm -f *.tui *.log *.tuo *.xdv *.mp *.tmp *.top *-mpgraph.*
*-mpgraph-temp.dvi *.tuc
at the end of each of the files to remove auxiliary files, but you must be
careful with removing such files as *.mp…).
Then when you open anew TeXShop, you'll see in a small menu on top of each
of your TeX file where you can choose to typeset your file with either
mkiv-stable or mkiv-testing.
Or you can add at the top of your TeX file the following line:
        %!TEX TS-program = mkiv-stable
or
        %!TEX TS-program = mkiv-testing
In case you would like to use mkii you should replace the line
        context --autogenerate --synctex=1 "$1"
with
        texexec --autogenerate --synctex=1 "$1"
and create an engine file named « mkii.engine »
That's it.
I hope this would be useful to you.
Best regards: OK
On 31 août 2013, at 14:12, Alan Bowen  wrote:
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I would like to install two ConTeXt trees on my laptop, one for work in
progress and another for testing, and to run them using TeXShop (if that is
feasible).
Are there any instructions for this? I have searched the wiki and
TeXShop help files but have not seen anything that indicates how to do this.
I currently have a system-wide installation of the ConTeXt standalone.
Alan
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