Hans wrote.... http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/tex.iso.bz2 ISO which runs context + everything from cd, for the mom... perl/ruby I tried the above download and extracted the iso files into a folder on a win xp machine. running cscite.bat opens the scite editor and running ctrl-F12 opens adobe acrobat but then stops. I append the output in exampler window and the buffer below. How can I get it running? Have anyof you guys got the ISO image working on a CD in winXP professional? Please help this newbie start on using context. regards Vivek Output of exampler %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% exampler + program exampler exampler + version 1.0 exampler + author PRAGMA POD exampler + commandline "--continue" exampler + using environment setuppath c:/cygwin/contextiso/usr/local/context/ tex/texmf-local/context/ruby exampler + loading c:/cygwin/contextiso/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/cont ext/ruby/../examplap/scripts/example.exa exampler - sub environment file machine.exa not found exampler + !! presetting texroot to the root of current texmf tree !! exampler + !! checking if texroot is set to a valid path !! exampler + !! setting texmf variables based on texroot !! exampler - sub environment file paths.exa not found exampler - sub environment file local.exa not found exampler + gone to jobpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/exampl ap/jobs exampler + jobpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/examplap/jobs exampler + resultpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/examplap/re sults exampler + server started on 127.0.0.1:8061 exampler + listening at 127.0.0.1:8061 in loop mode %%%%%%%%%%%%%% Output of the scite buffer %%%%%%%%%% texexec --autopdf --pdf readme.tex TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : readme output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' Try `pdfetex --help' for more information. return code : 256 run time : 0 seconds total run time : 3 seconds Exit code: 1 %%%%%%%%%%%