I had the same problem. Here is my (possibly incorrect) interpretation, and how to fix it: You have updated to the most recent context without updating texexec (and pssoibly related packages). To do so, uninstall your entire TeX tree (grin) by either doing this in i-Installerm or by removing the i-Packages directory from your home directory. Otherwise, i-Installer will always default to your older installation setup. You might also want to erase /usr/local/teTeX. Then start again i-installer (get the most recent), and set it up to expert mode, which lets you select the most recent TeX installation. Follow the instructions at http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html to select the packages, and don't forget to install ConTeXt. I suggest keeping an old installation on another boot partition or backup drive, I can't guarantee that certain things will not look different. Matthias On Nov 2, 2004, at 11:01 AM, Shivkumar Chandrasekaran wrote:

On Nov 1, 2004, at 10:05 AM, "Patrick Gundlach"

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Please post the complete output of a simple texexec run. And perhaps you might want to have a look at the macosxtex mailinglist.

Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

Below is the output when I compile a file with the following 3 lines:

\starttext Hello world \stoptext

I am using the latest TeX and ConTeXt from Gerben Wierda's i-Installer. I am looking into the MacOSX TeX mailing list archives for any hints too. Thanks for any help and the pointer.

--shiv--

# # ################## Typesetting contextBug # this line is commented out texexec --pdf contextBug

TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002

executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : contextBug output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx) entering extended mode (./contextBug.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/ pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt ver: 2004.10.07 fmt: 2004.10.25 int: english mes: english

systems : pdfTeX version 111 -> please update

systems : eTeX version 201 -> too old (bugs)

language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 966] system (E-TEX) : [line 1021] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk->default:default->2->2 :2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2: 2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 i t->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : contextBug.top loaded (./contextBug.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex system (E-TEX) : [line 2256] \ifcsname ) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!gebied ={/Users/shiv/} \xprocesscommaitem #1,#2->\if ,#1 ,\@EA \xprocesscommaitem \else \if ]#1\@EAE...

\xdogetparameters #1]->\xprocesscommaitem #1,] ,\@relax@ \dosetupsystem [#1]->\getparameters [\??sv ][#1] \setuprandomize [\@@svrandom... l.3 \setupsystem[\c!gebied={/Users/shiv/}]

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