Hi Asim, Before typing |: |||set OSFONTDIR=c:/windows/fonts you have to go to |/context/tex/texmf-win64/bin/ and type : ||set PATH=%PATH% (if your Windows system is |||32 bits |Windows, modify the command). | |Then : |||set OSFONTDIR=c:/windows/fonts|| ||After that, in the same directory (|||||/context/tex/texmf-win64/bin/)| type :|| |||||1) ||context --generate then 2) ||context --make| |3) In order to reload all fonts installed in c:/windows/fonts, type the following command :| |mtxrun --script fonts --reload| |You may verify the installation of any font with the following command :| mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=AnyFont* --all (you can play with * before and/or after the Font name)) |Hope that helps,| |JP | Le 28/10/2016 à 20:35, Asim ConTeXt a écrit :

Thank you. I want to use MkII because, as far as I know, MkII uses pdfTeX; which is stable. While MkIV uses LuaTeX; which is yet in development. Further, pdfTeX is better at microtypography. Am I correct at these two points? I would like to hear from you.

I found that my system fonts are located at c:\windows\fonts, so I added this address in front of OSFONTDIR in texmf.cnf file. But it still is not working, although the previous warning message has now gone. ConTeXt now silently stops the processing and does not give any output file.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 3:34 AM, Mica Semrick mailto:mica@silentumbrella.com> wrote:

Any reason you want to use MKII instead of MKIV?

It looks lime you need to set the environment variable OSFONTDIR, which should point to the directory where your fonts are stored.

-m

On October 27, 2016 2:02:10 PM PDT, Asim ConTeXt mailto:asimsodai%2BConTeXt@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear list members, I am new to ConTeXt world. I have installed ConTeXt Standalone according to the instructions given in ConTeXt Standalone with TexWorks http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation#ConTeXt_Standalone_with_T... and instructions given in Windows Installation http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Windows. I added the address of context.exe into the Processing Tools of TeXworks, according to instruction # 6 in ConTeXt Standalone with TexWorks http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation#ConTeXt_Standalone_with_T... and compiled a simple ConTeXt document, it works fine. But I want to use texexec (MkII), I had installed Ruby according to the instruction 1. I added address of texexec.exe to the Processing Tools of TeXworks; but when I try to compile the simple document, it does not work and gives the following warning and stops without giving any output pdf file:

warning: c:/Users/bsee1206/Desktop/ConTeXt/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf:49: (kpathsea) No cnf value on line: OSFONTDIR =.

Any suggestions?

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On 10/28/2016 9:06 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

On 10/28/2016 08:35 PM, Asim ConTeXt wrote:

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Thank you. I want to use MkII because, as far as I know, MkII uses pdfTeX; which is stable. While MkIV uses LuaTeX; which is yet in development. Further, pdfTeX is better at microtypography.

In what respect better? The mechanism in Luatex is mostly the same as in pdftex but has been improved a bit (cleaner pdf code, more efficient font usage i.e. no duplicate fonts, etc.) and the mkiv support is probably a bit better than mkii too.

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Am I correct at these two points? I would like to hear from you.

Hi Asim,

I’m only an average user. But I guess LuaTeX is pretty stable (version 1 was released recently).

I have no complain about LuaTeX microtypography. I mean, I use both font expansion and character protrusion, and they work fine for me.

But I’m not a LaTeX user. If you took the data from http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/microtype.pdf#page=7, please don’t forget that the LuaTeX version included in that table is old.

Maybe you find interesting this thread about microtypography in ConTeXt: https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2016/084990.html.

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I found that my system fonts are located at c:\windows\fonts, so I added this address in front of OSFONTDIR in texmf.cnf file. But it still is not working, although the previous warning message has now gone. ConTeXt now silently stops the processing and does not give any output file.

I’d rather use MkIV. But if you want to stick to MkII, consider the following variants:

OSFONTDIR = $SystemRoot/Fonts OSFONTDIR = c:/Windows/Fonts

I cannot remember, but I think using "\" is problematic with TeX (even for path names).

Just in case it might help,

Pablo

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On 10/29/2016 11:18 AM, Asim ConTeXt wrote:

Thank you, Pablo, for the information about the Microtype package. And after a bit more searching (and getting an answer from Hans Hagen :-) ), I am considering MkIV, instead of MkII, now. But I have another question: How can I identify the files that are only required for MkII, and not needed for MkIV? Would it be safe to delete them? Actually I want to reduce the size of ConTeXt as much as possible.

Hi Asim, just for your information: the most bytes in the ConTeXt Suite come from fonts. In order to have a MkIV-only ConTeXt Suite, please add "--engine=luatex" to your script invocaton. (This is explained in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Single_user_installation.) I don’t think it is safe to remove files individually. I think it is way safer to download the ConTeXt Suite again. I hope it helps, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

yeah ok, Hagen. And Thank you all On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 12:36 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 10/29/2016 11:50 AM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

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On 10/29/2016 11:18 AM, Asim ConTeXt wrote:

...

Thank you, Pablo, for the information about the Microtype package. And after a bit more searching (and getting an answer from Hans Hagen :-) ), I am considering MkIV, instead of MkII, now. But I have another question: How can I identify the files that are only required for MkII, and not needed for MkIV? Would it be safe to delete them? Actually I want to reduce the size of ConTeXt as much as possible.

Hi Asim,

just for your information: the most bytes in the ConTeXt Suite come from fonts.

In order to have a MkIV-only ConTeXt Suite, please add "--engine=luatex" to your script invocaton. (This is explained in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Single_user_installation .)

I don’t think it is safe to remove files individually. I think it is way safer to download the ConTeXt Suite again.

keep in m in that --engine is cummulative as the installer remembers what components needs to be updated so you need to do a fresh install for --engine=luatex

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