Hans, I didn't explicitly install ruby because I thought that was done automatically as part of the TexLive install. A ruby folder exists as c:\Program Files\texlive\2008\texmf-dist\scripts\context\ruby and has files in it. Where can instructions for installing ruby be found? Thanks, Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey -----Original Message----- From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Hans Hagen Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:31 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive newbie can't run Context Tom wrote:

I'm the newest of newbies and have installed of TexLive on a PC running Vista. The post-installation tests described in Section 3.5 of the TeXLive Guide run just fine (Tex, LaTex, pdfLaTex). No tests were included for Context, so I failed around trying to run Texexec amd Texmfstart to no good end. How can I determine if Context was installed properly and how do I run Context?

did you install ruby? as an alternative take the minimals from the context garden as they are more up to date (as well as much smaller) 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ____________________________________________________________________________ _______

Hans, Please pardon these very basic questions. Do I understand correctly that Context requires that a Ruby compiler that is not part of the TexLive package be installed? I had not previously heard of the Ruby language so know nothing about it. I assume that there are competing compilers/interpreters for the language and various releases of those compilers. Which compilers are compatible with TexLive? Does this compiler need to be installed in any particular directory? Thanks, Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey -----Original Message----- From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Hans Hagen Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:40 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive newbie can't run Context Tom wrote:

Hans,

I didn't explicitly install ruby because I thought that was done automatically as part of the TexLive install. A ruby folder exists as c:\Program Files\texlive\2008\texmf-dist\scripts\context\ruby and has files in it. Where can instructions for installing ruby be found?

i normally google for one (there are a couple of installers, just take a native windows version) 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ____________________________________________________________________________ _______