Apart from my reference numbering problem with the bib module, everything was working OK. So, I decided it was time to have a go with "XeConTeXt".
I was following Adam's instructions here:
http://contextgarden.net/XeTeX
Checked:
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/config:texexec.ini
for:
for tetex set TeXPassString to -progname=context
for tetex set TeXVirginFlag to -ini
OK. Just to be safe ran:
texexec --verbose
texexec --make
texhash
No problems so far. Then:
sudo texexec --make --xtx en
gave:
TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
TeX hash binary : mktexlsr
comment : hashing may take a while ...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.91 (Web2C 7.5.3) (INITEX)
(WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored)
entering extended mode
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-etx.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-omg.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-xtx.tex
! I can't find file `xplain.tex'.
l.21 \input xplain.tex
Please type another input file name:
xplain.tex is indeed nowhere to be found
I reinstalled TeX then XeTeX and then ConTeXt from Gerben's and Jonathan's i-Packages choosing "2004 Stable" for TeX and "beta" for ConTeXt.
Went through the same procedure. Same result.
How to proceed ?
[Just to test, I then ran:
texexec --xtx mySampleFile.tex
and got:
TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
executable : xetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : /Users/Mark/mySampleFile
output : xetex
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.91 (Web2C 7.5.3)
(WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored)
---! cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
which probably corresponds to the fact that
Mark Smith said this at Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:11:17 +0100:
xplain.tex is indeed nowhere to be found
I reinstalled TeX then XeTeX and then ConTeXt from Gerben's and Jonathan's i-Packages choosing "2004 Stable" for TeX and "beta" for ConTeXt.
Went through the same procedure. Same result.
How to proceed ?
discussed on XeTeX list: http://tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2005-March/001838.html xplain.tex has been replaced. Hans offers a new syst-xtx. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
At 16:11 +0100 8/03/05, Mark Smith wrote:
Apart from my reference numbering problem with the bib module, everything was working OK. So, I decided it was time to have a go with "XeConTeXt".
I was following Adam's instructions here:
Hi, Actually you don't need anymore to edit the file as stated in contextgarden (as far as I understood, Dalyoung on the XeTeX list is going to put the appropriate procedure on the wiki there). This is how I did for the update of XeConTeXt: 1) replaced the file syst-xtx.tex in /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/ by a new one sent by Hans which contains the lines below this message 2) on a CLI terminal issued the command sudo texexec --xtx --make --alone en and obtained the format cont-en.fmt, created in the directory where the abvoe command was issued. This is actually an "XeConTeXt" format and can be used as before, for instance by saying texexec --xtx my-file.tex in the directory where both the file my-file.tex and the new cont-en.fmt just created are present. And everything works fine... Best regards: OK %%% the file syst-xtx.tex sent by Hans %D \module %D [ file=syst-xtx, %D version=2004.09.11, %D title=\CONTEXT\ System Macros, %D subtitle=\XETEX\ specifics, %D author=Hans Hagen, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright={PRAGMA / Hans Hagen \& Ton Otten}] %C %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for %C details. \ifx\XeTeXversion\undefined \endinput \fi \unprotect %D For the moment, the only thing needed is to load are the %D mappings from lower to uppercase characters. \ifx\scratchread\undefined \newread\scratchread \fi \immediate\openin\scratchread=unicode-letters.tex \ifeof\scratchread \immediate\openin\scratchread=xplain.tex \ifeof\scratchread % no initialization file \else \input xplain.tex \fi \else \input unicode-letters.tex \fi \protect \endinput %%% end of the file syst-xtx.tex
Otared Kavian wrote:
Hi,
Actually you don't need anymore to edit the file as stated in contextgarden (as far as I understood, Dalyoung on the XeTeX list is going to put the appropriate procedure on the wiki there).
This is how I did for the update of XeConTeXt...
[...] and Adam Lindsay wrote:
discussed on XeTeX list: http://tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2005-March/001838.html
xplain.tex has been replaced. Hans offers a new syst-xtx.
Thanks guys, that did the trick. mark.
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