Downloaded and installed context minimal in my user directory. Ran setuptex mktexlsr texexec --make --alone and so on. Now I want to process the manual mcommon.tex. I tried context mcommon.tex. I got lots of messages but no pdf file. In the same directory I ran context mreadme.tex and that processed ok. Do I need some special parameter for mcommmon.tex? I tried some --mode parameters but none seemed to help. I also have a texlive install but I thought setuptex took care of that. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html