Updating modules with a ppa:reviczky/context-daily installation
I have a question about how to update context modules. In earlier correspondence Question: I am still having a problem with...[the letter module] Answer: This is now fixed... I use a context installation managed by ubuntu/apt-get from the Personal Package Archive *ppa:reviczky/context-daily* ( https://launchpad.net/~reviczky/+archive/context-daily). The current version is: ConTeXt ver: 2013.07.24 14:11 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.7.31 int: english/english How is it possible to (1) tell which version of a module is installed? (2) update a module to the latest version? Because I use the PPA version, I have not used first-setup.sh. I have only a limited understanding of where the context supporting material is maintained. Thank you very much for your guidance. Best, Michael PS Thank you very much for the guidance on the correspondence documentation and the reference line alternatives in the letter module
BTW are the values for the "alternative" key ("example", "e", "c", etc.) documented somewhere? You can look at the predefined arguments in the old manual which is available online: https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/downloads.
I would like to bump my question back into the queue. Thank you for your
consideration.
I would also like to add: where can I put files that I would like context
to "see". For example if I have a file "env_letter.tex" which I include
with \environment env_letter that includes a bunch of boilerplate, what is
a good directory to put it in?
Thanks.
Michael
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Michael Ash
I have a question about how to update context modules.
In earlier correspondence Question: I am still having a problem with...[the letter module] Answer: This is now fixed...
I use a context installation managed by ubuntu/apt-get from the Personal Package Archive *ppa:reviczky/context-daily* ( https://launchpad.net/~reviczky/+archive/context-daily). The current version is: ConTeXt ver: 2013.07.24 14:11 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.7.31 int: english/english
How is it possible to (1) tell which version of a module is installed? (2) update a module to the latest version?
Because I use the PPA version, I have not used first-setup.sh. I have only a limited understanding of where the context supporting material is maintained.
Thank you very much for your guidance.
Best, Michael
PS Thank you very much for the guidance on the correspondence documentation and the reference line alternatives in the letter module
BTW are the values for the "alternative" key ("example", "e", "c", etc.) documented somewhere? You can look at the predefined arguments in the old manual which is available online: https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/downloads.
-- Michael Ash, Chair, Department of Economics Professor of Economics and Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 Email mash@econs.umass.edu Tel +1-413-545-2590 Twitter https://twitter.com/michaelaoash
On 2013–08–03 Michael Ash wrote:
I would like to bump my question back into the queue. Thank you for your consideration.
I would also like to add: where can I put files that I would like context to "see". For example if I have a file "env_letter.tex" which I include with \environment env_letter that includes a bunch of boilerplate, what is a good directory to put it in?
I don't use the PPA and I have no idea of how it updates the ConTeXt tree. It might be that it only updates when a new beta is released and not every time a third party module is updated, but I don't know for sure. first-setup pulls the modules from rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/modules/ But updating manually might confuse the package manager. A better solution if you need to update a module manually is to place it in a directory, e.g. $HOME/usr/share/texmf and point the environment variable TEXMFHOME to this directory. If you need to update a module without touching the installation, just copy the module (keep the TeX tree intact) to $TEXMFHOME. Check the log file to ensure that the correct files are being used. Marco
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