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Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
ever so often I read mails by Giuseppe or Idris on Aleph. Now I also saw that there is a context-manual on aleph. Does this mean I can use the examples mentions there under ConTeXt?
Running an alephtest.tex file ... \start \textdir TLT\relax \setups[ward] \start \textdir BLB\relax \red \setups[ward] \stop \setups[ward] \stop ... tells me that "\textdir" is an "Undefined control sequence"
What is missing?
probably aleph -)
texexec --make --alone --tex=aleph
texexec yourfile --tex=aleph --output=dpx
(or first line of file: % tex=aleph output=dvipdfmx)
Hans
So I execute sudo texexec --make --alone --tex=aleph and try % tex=aleph output=dvipdfmx \start \textdir TLT\relax \setups[ward] \start \textdir BLB\relax \red \setups[ward] \stop \setups[ward] \stop But that gives me only: TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : aleph format : cont-en inputfile : aleph output : dvipdfmx interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 sh: aleph: command not found return code : 32512 run time : 0 seconds total run time : 1 seconds What else is missing? Steffen
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:08:25 +0200, Steffen Wolfrum
Hans Hagen
wrote: What is missing?
probably aleph -)
sh: aleph: command not found
return code : 32512 run time : 0 seconds
total run time : 1 seconds
What else is missing?
You must make sure that aleph, a flavor of TeX like pdfeTeX, is actually available for the Mac, then create the plain and context formats for aleph. eomega --ini *plain \dump eomega --ini *cont-en texexec --make en -tex=eomega are the relevant commands. eomega _is_ aleph. If you want to do serious work with aleph u'll have to modify the texmf.cnf file as well: comment this line extra_mem_bot.context = 4000000 otherwise you will meet some nasty surprises! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523
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On Aug 17, 2004, at 11:59 PM, Bob Kerstetter wrote:
aleph
aleph is the omega snip-off?
aah. spin-off, not snip-off. but anyway, is that what aleph is?
It's even an FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=aleph, which says "The Aleph project aims to build a "usable" version of Omega, incorporating e-TeX extensions from the NTS project. Two sets of concerns have provided impetus to the project: first, that many users need the e-TeX extensions, and they're not on the Omega development path; and second, that the Omega project is currently immersed in radical restructuring of Omega, and is not able to be particularly responsive to user requirements in the short term. In the longer term, the Aleph project hope that their work will be rendered irrelevant by the development of Omega proper. The current pre-release snapshot of Aleph resides on CTAN with the rather modest name of e-Omega. Follow development by subscribing to the project mailing list via http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/aleph" Steve
participants (4)
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Bob Kerstetter
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Idris Samawi Hamid
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Steffen Wolfrum
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Steve Peter