First time user trying to get Context to work
This is my first post to the list. I'm a first time user and I'm very eager to give Context a try. However, so far I've been unable to get Context to work properly. Maybe someone can help. I'm using a standard Windows PC running XP SP2. I'm using the minimals version. There are no other Tex related packages on my system. Problem 1 (solved): Ruby error: no such file to load ubygems Solution: this error is caused by the environment variable RUBYOPT. When it is set, it is usually set to -rubygems. Unsetting this variable solves the problem. Suggestion: when running first-setup.bat this error is produced on the very first line. However, since there is a lot of text scrolling down the screen this error is easily overlooked. It may be a good idea to unset the RUBYOPT variable in this .bat file. It may also be a good idea to unset (and probably reset) this variable in the texexec.bat file before texlua is called. Problem 2 (not-solved) I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output: TexExec | using tex engine pdftex TexExec | using tex format path ./pdftex TexExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TexExec | using mp engine mpost TexExec | using mps format path . TexExec | generating mps format metafun I then did some debugging on the tex.rb file and found the error is generated in the following piece of code starting at line 646: if texformats && texengine then report("using tex engine #{texengine}") texformatpath = if getvariable('local') then '.' else Kpse.formatpath(texengine,true) end # can be empty, to do report("using tex format path #{texformatpath}") Dir.chdir(texformatpath) rescue false if FileTest.writable?(texformatpath) then The last if fails and generates the error on line 679. I then checked for file permissions in the c:\context directory tree and found no problems there. My guess: the ./pdftex format path either doesn't exist or can't be found by tex.rb and this generates the error. The ruby scripts of Context are too large to do a full debug. I simply do not have the time for that. So, after several hours of hacking I hope someone can solve this problem, so I can finally give Context a try. Regards, Harrie Frericks The Netherlands
Harrie Frericks wrote:
Suggestion: when running first-setup.bat this error is produced on the very first line. However, since there is a lot of text scrolling down the screen this error is easily overlooked. It may be a good idea to unset the RUBYOPT variable in this .bat file. It may also be a good idea to unset (and probably reset) this variable in the texexec.bat file before texlua is called.
ok, another option is to do this in mtx-context.lua as that one can also start texexec, like: if texexec ~= "" then os.setenv("RUBYOPT","") local command = string.format("ruby %s %s",texexec,environment.reconstruct_commandline(environment.arguments_after)) os.exec(command) end so "context --pdftex ..." then should work
Problem 2 (not-solved) I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first? 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Problem 2 (not-solved)
I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
Hans
Yes, I did. It makes no difference. Thanks, Harrie.
Harrie Frericks wrote:
Problem 2 (not-solved)
I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
Hans
Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
the ./pdftex suggests that your env vars are not set up; on unix make sure that you run . setuptex (with period) 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
I did some more debugging:
In the file kpse.rb I entered an exception object after line 274, like this:
unless done then
formatpaths.each do |fp|
fpp = fp.sub(/#{engine}\/*$/o,'')
begin
FileUtils.makedirs(fpp)
rescue => excobj
puts "#{excobj.class}:
#{excobj.message}" # false # maybe we don't have an path yet
end
if FileTest.directory?(fpp) &&
FileTest.writable?(fpp) then
# use this path
This generates the following output when running texexec --make --all
TeXExex | using tex engine pdftex
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory -
c:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdftex:c:
TeXExex | using tex format path ./pdftex
TeXExex | unable to make format due to lack of permissions
TeXExex | using mp engine mpost
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory -
c:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/:c:
TeXExex | using mps format path
Does this help in solving this problem?
Thanks,
Harrie
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Hans Hagen
Harrie Frericks wrote:
Problem 2 (not-solved)
I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
Hans
Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
the ./pdftex suggests that your env vars are not set up; on unix make sure that you run
. setuptex
(with period)
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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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The problem has been solved. It turned out Ruby is installed twice on my
computer. One is the regular download from www.ruby-lang.org, the other one
came with cygwin (which I wasn't aware of). The cygwin path string was
before the c:\ruby path string. When I moved the c:\ruby path before the
cygwin path Context worked correctly.
And this took me a full day of hacking. Sigh.
Thanks for all your help.
Harrie.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Hans Hagen
Harrie Frericks wrote:
Problem 2 (not-solved)
I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
Hans
Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
the ./pdftex suggests that your env vars are not set up; on unix make sure that you run
. setuptex
(with period)
Hans
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