Hi ConteXers, Does somebody have done a quiz , like the ones found in "exerquiz " pdftex package (now bundled in "acrotex") from d.p. Story (info/exemples at http://melusine.eu.org/syracuse/acrotex/exemples/ (in french) or from the origin, in english at http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/acrotex.html) What interesting me a lot is the abilty for the reader to auto-evaluate himself. I wish to setup a whole course including theorical + exercises + auto evaluation, both (as possible) in screen and paper versions. Thanks for the tip. Olivier
MiKTeX. I've done this half a dozen times. This time it doesn't work. I feel stupid. What have I forgotten? Things were working perfectly. I decide to update, so I download cont-tmf.zip to \localtexmf. Then I unzip, overwritting all the old files. Then I update the database either using mktexlsr or the MiKTeX options wizard. But now texexec can't find texexec.ini. But it's there, in \localtexmf\context\config (as well as \texmf\context\config) BTW, if I execute kpsewhich texexec.ini it returns without an error, but also with no information. Is that right? -gary
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Gary Pajer wrote:
MiKTeX.
I've done this half a dozen times. This time it doesn't work. I feel stupid. What have I forgotten?
Things were working perfectly. I decide to update, so I download cont-tmf.zip to \localtexmf. Then I unzip, overwritting all the old files. Then I update the database either using mktexlsr or the MiKTeX options wizard.
But now texexec can't find texexec.ini. But it's there, in \localtexmf\context\config (as well as \texmf\context\config)
BTW, if I execute kpsewhich texexec.ini it returns without an error, but also with no information. Is that right?
Yes, and that's the problem. Recent ConTeXts are too strongly tied to fpTeX :\ One thing you can do: move your texexec.ini in the same folder as texexec.pl -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Gary Pajer wrote:
MiKTeX.
I've done this half a dozen times. This time it doesn't work. I feel stupid. What have I forgotten?
Things were working perfectly. I decide to update, so I download cont-tmf.zip to \localtexmf. Then I unzip, overwritting all the old files. Then I update the database either using mktexlsr or the MiKTeX options wizard.
But now texexec can't find texexec.ini. But it's there, in \localtexmf\context\config (as well as \texmf\context\config)
BTW, if I execute kpsewhich texexec.ini it returns without an error, but also with no information. Is that right?
Yes, and that's the problem. Recent ConTeXts are too strongly tied to fpTeX :\
One thing you can do: move your texexec.ini in the same folder as texexec.pl
Thanks, but that didn't work. I still have a nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something simple. MiKTeX comes with a texexec.exe. Putting texexec.ini in the same directory doesn't do it either. Is there an environment variable that I can set to help texexec find its way? Or a command line switch? (I have not found mention of either in the docs) (Putting texexec.ini in the directory containing the ConTeXt .tex script works.) -gary
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Gary Pajer wrote:
Thanks, but that didn't work. I still have a nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something simple. MiKTeX comes with a texexec.exe. Putting texexec.ini in the same directory doesn't do it either.
First of all, don't use the ConTeXt package that comes with MikTeX. Simply don't. Remove it, if you have it uninstalled. You should only use the distributed cont-tmf.zip of PRAGMA, and use the Perl script texexec.pl in /localtexmf/context/perltk; and texexec.ini should stay there (and make sure you're running *that* texexec.pl) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Gary Pajer wrote:
Thanks, but that didn't work. I still have a nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something simple. MiKTeX comes with a texexec.exe. Putting texexec.ini in the same directory doesn't do it either.
First of all, don't use the ConTeXt package that comes with MikTeX. Simply don't. Remove it, if you have it uninstalled. You should only use the distributed cont-tmf.zip of PRAGMA, and use the Perl script texexec.pl in /localtexmf/context/perltk; and texexec.ini should stay there (and make sure you're running *that* texexec.pl)
-- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
Ok. I gronked MiKTeX's ConTeXt. I wrote a one line batch file that calls explicitly c:\localtexmf\context\perltk\texexec.pl This seems to work. Thanks! -gary
Saturday, December 13, 2003 Gary Pajer wrote:
Ok. I gronked MiKTeX's ConTeXt. I wrote a one line batch file that calls explicitly c:\localtexmf\context\perltk\texexec.pl This seems to work.
Good to know :) If you have Windows NT or Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you can actually do without the batch file by adding .pl to the PATHEXT environment variable and ensuring that c:\localtexmf\context\perltk is in the PATH before c:\texmf\miktex\bin -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
Am Donnerstag, 11.12.03, um 15:08 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Gary Pajer:
MiKTeX comes with a texexec.exe. Putting texexec.ini in the same directory doesn't do it either. Is there an environment variable that I can set to help texexec find its way? Or a command line switch? (I have not found mention of either in the docs) (Putting texexec.ini in the directory containing the ConTeXt .tex script works.)
What says "texexec --verbose"? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/
Am Donnerstag, 11.12.03, um 15:08 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Gary Pajer:
MiKTeX comes with a texexec.exe. Putting texexec.ini in the same directory doesn't do it either. Is there an environment variable that I can set to help texexec find its way? Or a command line switch? (I have not found mention of either in the docs) (Putting texexec.ini in the directory containing the ConTeXt .tex script works.)
What says "texexec --verbose"?
C:\Documents and Settings\Gary Pajer\My Documents>texexec --verbose TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 current path : C:/Documents and Settings/Gary Pajer/My Documents locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read 'texexec.rme'? It's really not finding it. The thing that surprises me is that no-one else has mentioned this. That's why I keep thinking that I've done something wrong. thanks, -gary
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Gary Pajer wrote:
C:\Documents and Settings\Gary Pajer\My Documents>texexec --verbose
TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003
current path : C:/Documents and Settings/Gary Pajer/My Documents locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read 'texexec.rme'?
It's really not finding it. The thing that surprises me is that no-one else has mentioned this. That's why I keep thinking that I've done something wrong.
Maybe trying to run ConTeXt with MikTeX instead of using TeX Live 2003,
or trying to run ConTeXt in a Win32 configuration that puts spaces in
the paths?
We are running ConTeXt under TL2003 (with a newer cont-tmf.zip and pdftex
1.11b) on SGI Irix because the Win32 PC's I tried did not survive the
experience. At home I find TL2003 (same updates) works well on linux. The
unix systems don't let spaces into paths (and did fail in pre-release
testing if I tried to run in a directory like "a b").
I reported the above problem with the TL2003 pre-release tests. Using the
current cont-tmf.zip gets you a TeXExec 4.0 that seems more robust, but
that could be because I also abandoned a configuration that puts spaces in
the paths (e.g., install to C:\TeXLive and set HOME=C:\Home).
One system (Win98) had problems with forward slashes in the argument to
perl's backtick, but then the hard disk failed and I've been waiting since
Sept. for the warranty replacement to arrive. TeX Live 2003 texexec seems
to be hard on PC's -- maybe because when kpathsea fails texexec.pl
recursively searches the drive for the ini file. In any case, after the
1st PC died I tried to install TL2003 on another machine which also failed
(terminal overheating) while creating formats after installing the fpTeX
updates. Maybe cheap PC clones can't tolerate ls-R too many times in a
short time period.
btw -- before the machine died I did notice that the new version of fpTeX
has a 1.11b pdftex.
I've been asked to put TL2003 on a ThinkPad running XP -- hope it survives
the experience!
--
George N. White III
warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read
'texexec.rme'?
It's really not finding it. The thing that surprises me is that no-one
else
has mentioned this. That's why I keep thinking that I've done something wrong.
Maybe trying to run ConTeXt with MikTeX instead of using TeX Live 2003, or trying to run ConTeXt in a Win32 configuration that puts spaces in the paths?
[longish comments deleted] Thanks for your comments, George. FWIW, I don't have any spaces in my MiKTeX directory tree, but I do use the default XP system for organizing document files, and that system does have a lot of spaces (e.g., "Documents and Settings") I'm not married to MiKTeX, so I can switch to fpTeX. Any comments?
Hello Gray, get a copy of filemon for your M$ Windows version from www.sysinterals.com. This free tool shows you all kind of file operations on your system. Just unpack and start filemon.exe and enter "texexec*" in the Include: part of the appearing filter dialog. Enable "Advanced Output" in the "options" menu. After that start "texexec --verbose" in your shell. The rest is on you... ;) Hope this helps, Peter Gary Pajer wrote:
warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read
'texexec.rme'?
It's really not finding it. The thing that surprises me is that no-one
else
has mentioned this. That's why I keep thinking that I've done something wrong.
Maybe trying to run ConTeXt with MikTeX instead of using TeX Live 2003, or trying to run ConTeXt in a Win32 configuration that puts spaces in the paths?
[longish comments deleted]
Thanks for your comments, George. FWIW, I don't have any spaces in my MiKTeX directory tree, but I do use the default XP system for organizing document files, and that system does have a lot of spaces (e.g., "Documents and Settings")
I'm not married to MiKTeX, so I can switch to fpTeX. Any comments?
From what I can tell, fpTeX has better ConTeXt integration, while MiKTeX has a better system for keeping up to date. Anything else?
-gary
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