Hi all, I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, when I type luatools --generate my cmd windows says like this
C:\Users\fnsteed>context --make
MtxRun | error unable to locate texmfcnf.luaShould I create the cache path C:\Us ers\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no] y
fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined
or like this
C:\Users\fnsteed>luatools --generate
LuaTools | error unable to locate texmfcnf.lua LuaTools | loading d:/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnfShould I create the cach e path C:\Users\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no]
fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined
I don't exactly know what that means but clearly I
cannot use ConTeXt. Can someone help me?
Thanks.
Cheers;
Fengnan
Fengnan Gao wrote:
Hi all,
I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, when I type luatools --generate my cmd windows says like this
C:\Users\fnsteed>context --make
MtxRun | error unable to locate texmfcnf.luaShould I create the cache path C:\Us ers\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no] y
fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined
or like this
C:\Users\fnsteed>luatools --generate
LuaTools | error unable to locate texmfcnf.lua LuaTools | loading d:/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnfShould I create the cach e path C:\Users\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no]
fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined
I don't exactly know what that means but clearly I cannot use ConTeXt. Can someone help me?
just use the minimals ... then you have the latest binaries and sources ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Le 13 nov. 08 à 10:45, Hans Hagen a écrit :
Fengnan Gao wrote:
I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, ... I don't exactly know what that means but clearly I cannot use ConTeXt. Can someone help me?
just use the minimals ... then you have the latest binaries and sources
Is there any advantage (for ConTeXt) of using the Texlive (other than being multi-platform!) or other full xTeX distribution? If the "minimal ConTeXt" is the only standard way of using a full ConTeXt, then it could be rename "maximal" ;-) or more seriously something lire "standard", "hot" or "independant" (longish) -- Maurice
Dnia Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 08:31:54AM +0100, Maurice Diamantini napisał(a):
Le 13 nov. 08 à 10:45, Hans Hagen a écrit :
Fengnan Gao wrote:
I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, ... I don't exactly know what that means but clearly I cannot use ConTeXt. Can someone help me?
just use the minimals ... then you have the latest binaries and sources
Is there any advantage (for ConTeXt) of using the Texlive (other than being multi-platform!) or other full xTeX distribution?
Yes. If you use _both_ ConTeXt and LaTeX (and some of us - including me - are kind of forced to use LaTeX, too, because of: * having a number of old LaTeX files which wuold be a trouble to convert; * sending papers to journals accepting LaTeX; * writing LaTeX stuff to order) Personally I'd find it inconvenient to have two TeX trees and having to change my environment to use one or another. (Possibly, I could arrange it so that I don't have to change any environment variables, but still, since I don't need the state-of-the-art MkIV, texlive is ok for me.)
If the "minimal ConTeXt" is the only standard way of using a full ConTeXt, then it could be rename "maximal" ;-) or more seriously something lire "standard", "hot" or "independant" (longish)
Well, it is "minimal" in the sense of dependencies, I guess.
-- Maurice
Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) Wołałem Pana w moim udręczeniu; mego Boga, mego Boga przyzywałem! I usłyszał mój głos ze Swej świątyni, i dotarł do Jego ucha mój krzyk! I ziemia poruszyła się i zadrżała, i fundamenty świata się odsłoniły; I wyciągnął Swą rękę i mnie pochwycił, wydźwignął mnie z głębokości wód!
Marcin Borkowski wrote:
Well, it is "minimal" in the sense of dependencies, I guess.
and also in the sense that there is much left out that would never be used at all; once luatex/mkiv is stable and once we have open type math fonts, even more font stuff can go away (since xetex does not need it either) keep in mind that small trees run faster (when kpse is used) also, they archive better (think of running 10 projects on a machine where each needs a frozen tree) another feature of the minimals is that by default they support texmf-project and texmf-fonts which makes separation of project specific files (and fonts) as well as commercial fonts more convenient. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Maurice Diamantini wrote:
Le 13 nov. 08 à 10:45, Hans Hagen a écrit :
I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, ... I don't exactly know what that means but clearly I cannot use ConTeXt. Can someone help me? just use the minimals ... then you have the latest binaries and
Fengnan Gao wrote: sources
Is there any advantage (for ConTeXt) of using the Texlive (other than being multi-platform!) or other full xTeX distribution?
tex live is fine for mkii but for mkiv you need recent binaries and macros (tex live was frozen before the summer)
If the "minimal ConTeXt" is the only standard way of using a full ConTeXt, then it could be rename "maximal" ;-)
well, if you choose to install only one engine, then it's really much smaller -) (a full tex live installation is about 1.5 gig; i just run context dev on top of tex live but in projects and such i use minimals) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Fengnan Gao
Hi all,
I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, when I type luatools --generate my cmd windows says like this
C:\Users\fnsteed>context --make
MtxRun | error unable to locate texmfcnf.luaShould I create the cache path C:\Us ers\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no] y
fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined
Read the item about "texmfcnf.lua" http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV#File_not_found Wolfgang
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