well :) In any case, I’m able to compile with ConTeXt IV, even if I’m getting some slightly different results. I guess it’s time for me to update too.. Thanks, Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - StudiUm Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.fonurgia.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/sets/ --> http://vimeo.com/vanderaalle --> http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle@unito.it -------------------------------------------------- "This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski) On 19 Nov 2013, at 01:11, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 11/19/2013 12:59 AM, Andrea Valle wrote:

...

Dear,

long time since I have posted to the list but still a dedicated ConTeXt user…

Now, I’ve upgraded to Mavericks. No way to use ConTeXt. I’ve also installed texlive 2013 and I installed the available updates. But still my ConTeXt is broken (I’m typesetting from TeXShop via GUI menu). I always get this:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:11:in `<main>’

I can understand it has something to do with ruby but nothing else.

I can't test it as my macbook is considered to be too old to update the OS (not sure why as its some 5-6 years old) and I'm not going to buy a another mac for just testing tex. So, it's up to others to look into it.

Hans

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On 11/19/2013 7:52 AM, Otared Kavian wrote:

Hi Andrea,

According to Wolfgang Schuster and some others removing the file Skia.ttf may solve the problem. Please read the thread

no, it's a ruby issue (mkii related) switching to mkiv solves the problem

http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2013/075689.html

and more precisely

http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2013/075701.html

Best regards: OK

On 19 nov. 2013, at 00:59, Andrea Valle mailto:valle@di.unito.it> wrote:

...

Dear,

long time since I have posted to the list but still a dedicated ConTeXt user…

Now, I’ve upgraded to Mavericks. No way to use ConTeXt. I’ve also installed texlive 2013 and I installed the available updates. But still my ConTeXt is broken (I’m typesetting from TeXShop via GUI menu). I always get this:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:501: invalid multibyte escape: /\xFF/ (SyntaxError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require' from /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:11:in `<main>’

I can understand it has something to do with ruby but nothing else.

?

Many thanks

Best -a-

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Akira Kakuto suggested me this: Please add a line #encoding: ASCII-8BIT at the top of /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb that fixed my problem, which is related to the texlive distro according to Hans, which is older than current thanks to all! -a- PS: btw, should I consider to switch to MkIV? I mean, at the moment I’m not interested into Lua capabilities, but is mkII intended as a leggy support? -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - StudiUm Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.fonurgia.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/sets/ --> http://vimeo.com/vanderaalle --> http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle@unito.it -------------------------------------------------- "This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski) On 19 Nov 2013, at 11:19, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

On 19 Nov 2013, at 10:25, Hans Hagen wrote:

...

On 11/19/2013 7:52 AM, Otared Kavian wrote:

...

Hi Andrea,

According to Wolfgang Schuster and some others removing the file Skia.ttf may solve the problem. Please read the thread

no, it's a ruby issue (mkii related)

Mavericks' ruby is:

$ ruby --version ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [universal.x86_64-darwin13] ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

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On 11/19/2013 11:40 AM, Andrea Valle wrote:

PS: btw, should I consider to switch to MkIV? I mean, at the moment I’m not interested into Lua capabilities, but is mkII intended as a leggy support?

it will stay but unchanged ... eventually the minimals will default to luatex only (leaner and meaner) so mkiv is the way to go Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------