Hello List! \setuppapersize[A4] \setupexternalfigures [location=default] \setupbodyfont[Computer Modern Roman ,rm, tfx 7pt] \setupindenting [yes, small] \setupwhitespace [small] \setupcombination [location=top, distance=\spaceamount] \bTABLE[align=flushleft,columndistance=0.1em] \bTR \bTD[width=.2\textwidth]Small \eTD \bTD[width=0.05\textwidth] \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \setupexternalfigures [location=default] \setupindenting [yes, small] \setupwhitespace [small] \definecolor [rosybrown:1][h=FFBCB3] \defineframedtext [prettyblock] [width=10cm, indenting={yes, small}, background=color, backgroundcolor=rosybrown:1, foreground=color, foregroundcolor=black, offset=2mm, align=flushleft] \starttext \startprettyblock[width=7.5 cm,align={flushleft}] \noindentation The Earth, as a habitat for animal life, is in old age and has a fatal illness. Several, in fact. \stopprettyblock Below, we have two separate columns; but up here, for the nonce, we have but the one. \startcolumns [n=2] Text, text, text \dots all in the first column \column Words, words, words \dots all in the second column. \stopcolumns \stoptext \startcolumns[n=2] \input ward \column \input weisman \stopcolumns After installing ConTeXt in WinEdt: Command Line: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\bin\mtxrun.exe --synctex=-1 "melon.tex" Startup Folder: \\ub.univie.ac.at\U_Dom\Users G-L\Hermann\Documents\My Documents mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/texmf/web2c' from specification 'home:texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf-local/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-local/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf-context/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-context/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf-dist/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-dist/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/texmf/web2c' from specification 'home:texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf-local/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-local/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf-context/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-context/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf-dist/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-dist/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/texmf/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | resolvers | resolving | warning: no lua configuration files found resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'scripts' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-base.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'scripts' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-bases.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-bases.lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'scripts' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-t-mtx-base.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-t-mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'scripts' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-t-mtx-bases.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-t-mtx-bases.lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-t-mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-base.lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'mtx-base.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-base.lua' There's something wrong, but I don't know what. _____________________________________________________________________ ConTeXt Compilation Report (Pages: 0) Errors: 0 Warnings: 0 Bad Boxes: 0