Hi,

I've been having issues with columns and \start(stop)bodymatter statements since I updated MacTeX to 2009.

Here is a sample of code which works fine on MacTeX 2008 (tlmgr update'ed) version, and which crashes on MacTeX 2009.

In both cases, the code was compiled using TeXShop in "ConTeXT" mode. This was tested on another Mac and the results are the same.

Note that if you comment out the \start(stop)bodymatter statements in the TeX code, it actually compiles, but the text is missing (that is, only the titles of the sections show up in the PDF!).

In the end:

# Scenario 1: MacTeX 2008: everything is fine

# Scenario 2: MacTeX 2008, *bodymatter statements commented out: everything is fine

# Scenario 3: MacTeX 2009: code won't compile. Error message listed below

# Scenario 4: MacTeX 2009, *bodymatter statements commented out: compilation OK, but no text in the PDF except for the section titles

I am running Snow Leopard, and I have been using MacTeX for ages, and up to now, everything was fine with ConTeXT.

I would really appreciate help! I hope the information I included is sufficient.

Thank you very much!

Nauhaie

### TeX code ###

\useencoding[ffr]

\mainlanguage[fr]

\enableregime[utf-8]

\definecolumnset[deuxcolonnes][n=2,balance=yes,distance=26pt]

\starttext

\startbodymatter

\startcolumnset[deuxcolonnes]

\section{Introduction}

The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here.

\stopcolumnset

\section{Annexes}

\startcolumnset[deuxcolonnes]

The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here. The text here.

\stopcolumnset

\stopbodymatter

\stoptext

### Error returned with MacTeX 2009 ###

MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.13 seconds

TeXExec | processing document 'rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tex'

TeXExec | no ctx file found

TeXExec | tex processing method: context

TeXExec | TeX run 1

TeXExec | writing option file rapport_spectroscopie_optique.top

TeXExec | using randomseed 96

TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex

TeXExec | tex format: cont-en

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)

entering extended mode

(./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tex

ConTeXt ver: 2009.08.19 17:10 MKII fmt: 2009.11.13 int: english/english

system : cont-new loaded

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex

systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii))

system : cont-fil loaded

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex

loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms

)

system : cont-sys loaded

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-config/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.mkii))

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkii))

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-one.tex

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-one.mkii)))

system : rapport_spectroscopie_optique.top loaded

(./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.top)

bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded

language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2->2:2 us->

ec:ec->3->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->4->3:3 de->ec:ec->5->3:3 da->ec:ec->6->2:2

sv->ec:ec->7->2:2 gb->ec:ec->8->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->9->2:2 fr->ec:ec->1

0->2:2 es->ec:ec->11->2:2 ca->ec:ec->12->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->13->2:2 it-

>ec:ec->14->2:2 la->ec:ec->15->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->16->2:2 pt->ec:ec->17

->2:2 ro->ec:ec->18->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->19->2:2 pl->ec:ec->20->2:2 pl->qx:qx->21-

>2:2 cs->il2:il2->22->2:2 cs->ec:ec->23->2:2 sk->il2:il2->24->2:2 sk->ec:ec->25

->2:2 hr->ec:ec->26->2:2 sl->ec:ec->27->2:2 tr->ec:ec->28->2:2 agr->agr:agr->30

->2:2 fi->ec:ec->31->2:2 hu->ec:ec->32->2:2 ru->t2a:t2a->34->2:2 uk->t2a:t2a->3

5->3:3 loaded

specials : dvips loaded

systems : system commands are disabled

language : language en is active

specials : loading definition file tpd

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.mkii

specials : loading definition file fdf

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii))

encoding : coding ffr is loaded

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/enco-ffr.mkii

system : module tryout loaded

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/m-tryout.tex)

language : language specific options [ec-fr] seamless appended

) (./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tuo

system : new version of utility file, second pass needed

) (./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tuo) (./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tuo)

(./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tuo) (./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tuo)

(./rapport_spectroscopie_optique.tuo)

systems : begin file rapport_spectroscopie_optique at line 6

structure : begin of sectionblock bodymatter

section : 1 Introduction

section : 2 Annexes

structure : end of sectionblock bodymatter

fonts : resetting map file list

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map

}

fonts : using map file: original-base

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map}

fonts : using map file: original-ams-base

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.

map}

fonts : using map file: original-public-lm

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm

.map}

fonts : using map file: lm-ec

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-ec.map}

fonts : using map file: lm-math

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}

fonts : using map file: lm-rm

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}

fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler

{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler

.map} (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-def.mkii)

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii) [1.1]

! Missing } inserted.

}

\endgroup

l.31 \stopbodymatter