Okay, I give up. What's the most correct, easiest way to install ConTeXt
on Linux? There's so many different instructions floating around I'm not
sure what is authoritative. Some make it look like texsync is a good
idea, now it looks like it isn't being updated. Grabbing linuxtex.zip
seems easy, but it also looks like it isn't kept up-to-date. I've been
trying to follow minstall.pdf to install cont-tmf.zip, but that isn't
working either. Before I debug it anymore, I'd like to know: how should
I be making sure I have the latest version on Linux?
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Stuart Jansen
Stuart Jansen wrote:
Okay, I give up. What's the most correct, easiest way to install ConTeXt on Linux? There's so many different instructions floating around I'm not sure what is authoritative. Some make it look like texsync is a good idea, now it looks like it isn't being updated. Grabbing linuxtex.zip seems easy, but it also looks like it isn't kept up-to-date. I've been trying to follow minstall.pdf to install cont-tmf.zip, but that isn't working either. Before I debug it anymore, I'd like to know: how should I be making sure I have the latest version on Linux?
it depends on what version of tex (esp the tex tree) you're running; i'll regenerate the minimals this week (i'm still somewhat recovering from a disk crach and running those generator scripts is a stresstest -) 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hans Hagen said this at Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:10:57 +0200:
recovering from a disk crach and running those generator scripts is a stresstest -)
for you or the machine? :) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Maybe someone doesn't know: http://melusine.eu.org/syracuse/metapost/animations/ (for swf: http://www.quiss.org/swftools/) luigi
Adam Lindsay wrote:
Hans Hagen said this at Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:10:57 +0200:
recovering from a disk crach and running those generator scripts is a stresstest -)
both but esp the huge files (those iso trees) on an overloaded machine are tricky (fro soem time i had only a few 100 meg in reserve, after the reinstall i have gigs -); laptop drives and are just too slow and small 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Stuart Jansen wrote:
Okay, I give up. What's the most correct, easiest way to install ConTeXt
Until Hans' new files are on-line, this is definately the most up-to-date intruction set: http://contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation Cheers, Taco
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