Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

Gerben Wierda

18 Sep 2013 18 Sep '13

2:47 a.m.

As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed: texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once ../products/prd_book.tex resolvers | caches | path '/Users/gerben/Library/texlive/2013/texmf-var' created/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:11:in `<main>' It seems a problem in a ruby file in MacTeX 2013. Can someone help me get this working? Thanks, G

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Hans Hagen

18 Sep 18 Sep

3:18 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 9/18/2013 10:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed:

texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once .../products/prd_book.tex

resolvers | caches | path '/Users/gerben/Library/texlive/2013/texmf-var' created/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:11:in `<main>'

It seems a problem in a ruby file in MacTeX 2013. Can someone help me get this working?

Maybe something utf in the latest ruby ... can you try to replace the \xFF with \xFFFC and see what happens? Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Gerben Wierda

8:53 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 18 Sep 2013, at 11:18, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 9/18/2013 10:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed:

texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once .../products/prd_book.tex

resolvers | caches | path '/Users/gerben/Library/texlive/2013/texmf-var' created/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:11:in `<main>'

It seems a problem in a ruby file in MacTeX 2013. Can someone help me get this working?

Maybe something utf in the latest ruby ... can you try to replace the \xFF with \xFFFC and see what happens?

Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape G

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Hans

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Hans Hagen

11:15 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

hm, hoe ziet een multibyte escape in ruby er dan uit? ik heb al jaren niets in ruby gedaan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Rajeesh K Nambiar

11:21 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

This error was reported against TeXLive 2013 in Fedora also - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=993255

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hm, hoe ziet een multibyte escape in ruby er dan uit? ik heb al jaren niets in ruby gedaan

Not sure what I did was correct (no idea about Ruby), but managed to avoid this error by changing to \0xFF.

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-- Cheers, Rajeesh

Hans Hagen

11:31 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

Gerben Wierda

2:23 p.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 18 Sep 2013, at 19:31, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

and \x01 ?

That works. Now I run into the next problem. GTAMacFonts does not work anymore. Sigh. G

Hans Hagen

19 Sep 19 Sep

1:15 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 9/18/2013 10:23 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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On 18 Sep 2013, at 19:31, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

and \x01 ?

That works.

Now I run into the next problem. GTAMacFonts does not work anymore. Sigh.

I have no clue ... mkii didn't change, so maybe the fonts did? Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Hans Hagen

18 Sep 18 Sep

11:55 a.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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On 18 Sep 2013, at 11:18, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 9/18/2013 10:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed:

texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once .../products/prd_book.tex

resolvers | caches | path '/Users/gerben/Library/texlive/2013/texmf-var' created/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:11:in `<main>'

It seems a problem in a ruby file in MacTeX 2013. Can someone help me get this working?

Maybe something utf in the latest ruby ... can you try to replace the \xFF with \xFFFC and see what happens?

Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

it runs ok with \xFF here in 1.9 in 2.0 i need to patch in that file: series.each_char do |key| # was .each but there is no alias to each_char any longer does the top of switch.rb mention: #encoding: ASCII-8BIT (i do have a prototype of texexec in lua but no time to finish that now but i fear at some moment i have to do it as i cannot foresee ruby 2.0 compatibility issues) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Mica Semrick

5:36 p.m.

New subject: Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

Hi, Not sure if this is helpful, but I get a very similar error when trying to build the nokogiri gem with RVM & ruby 2.0 on my Mac OS X 10.6.8 machine. I'm not at that machine currently, but I can post the error if you think that will help. Best, Mica On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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On 18 Sep 2013, at 11:18, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 9/18/2013 10:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

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As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed:

texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once .../products/prd_book.tex

resolvers | caches | path '/Users/gerben/Library/**texlive/2013/texmf-var' created/System/Library/**Frameworks/Ruby.framework/** Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.**0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_** require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-**dist/scripts/context/ruby/** base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/**Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/** usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/**core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:**in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-**dist/scripts/context/ruby/** texexec.rb:11:in `<main>'

It seems a problem in a ruby file in MacTeX 2013. Can someone help me get this working?

Maybe something utf in the latest ruby ... can you try to replace the \xFF with \xFFFC and see what happens?

Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape

it runs ok with \xFF here in 1.9

in 2.0 i need to patch in that file:

series.each_char do |key| # was .each but there is no alias to each_char any longer

does the top of switch.rb mention:

#encoding: ASCII-8BIT

(i do have a prototype of texexec in lua but no time to finish that now but i fear at some moment i have to do it as i cannot foresee ruby 2.0 compatibility issues)

Hans

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