Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

cont-en.efmt is a format file that ConTeXt need to run. In order for this file to be built, run

texexec --make en de nl

This will create English, Dutch, and German formats (see minstall.pdf, p. 6-8). Depending on where and how you installed, you'll need to run it as root.

add metafun and mptopdf; here i run: texexec --make --alone --all en de nl metafun mptopdf

Hello,

Well, I've deleted all the old ConTeXt directories, reinstalled the new version, copied the *.rme files to *.ini (or whatever they are supposed to be ... I think), regenerated the 'en', 'nl', and 'metafun' formats, and run texhash ... I'm still getting the same error.

did you update texexec and texutil?

BTW, this is a very new release of ConTeXt--June 16, according to the Pragma Web site. Has anyone used this version successfully?

The current beta is 2004.6.20 (see http://members.ping.de:8062/context/show/HomePage ;-) Patrick

Hi Matt, I just came across the same error. I don't know why I didn't notice before, but texexec seems to be 'broken'. Well, I don't know if it is really broken, but it just does not to the same thing it used to. It gives me same error as you get. Using an old texexec works fine for me. I didn't look into this yet. Patrick

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 04:57:00PM +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote:

I just came across the same error. I don't know why I didn't notice before, but texexec seems to be 'broken'. Well, I don't know if it is really broken, but it just does not to the same thing it used to. It gives me same error as you get.

Using an old texexec works fine for me. I didn't look into this yet.

Ah-ha! Nice to know I'm not crazy after all. On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 05:11:44PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:

hm, maybe some bug due to changed as a result of the new tds and binaries; i'll upload my local latest -)

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Patrick Gundlach wrote:

TeX run : 1

warning: Could not open char translation file `cp8bit.tcx'. This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.efmt This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/opt/texlive/8/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx) ** ! End of file on the terminal... why? running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' ... This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/opt/texlive/8/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx) entering extended mode (/opt/context/2004.6.21/texmf/tex/context/config/cont-en.ini{/opt/local/texmf/p dftex/config/pdftex.cfg}

...

cp8bit is not found in the first line, but ok in the 7th.

Do you have an idea what is going on?

maybe some interference with cont-en.ini; does texexec --make --alone work ok? it should not bark on the cp8bit (btw the latest version should use natural.tcx which is in the context distribution, cp8bit is flawed and not really 8 bit [straight in->out mapping is needed for instance for runtime xslt processign and such]; next year we can use -8bit (this whole 8 bit mess-up has been hauting me for years -) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach wrote:

Hello Hans,

...

maybe some interference with cont-en.ini; does

texexec --make --alone

work ok?

yes. It gives me cont-en, cont-nl, metafun and mptopdf in the current dir.

BTW: I use the current texlive (the last one shipped to members of local tugs)

hm, i always have the impression that that version is sensitive for the location of the cpx files; because i setup the texmf vars more rigurously --alone puts the formats where they belong; future versions of tex live need more care: officially the formats will go under subpaths in web2c, but tetex will not follow that scheme; so, it's good to keep an eye on where formats finally end up; since you install fonts yourself, you may also take a look at the enc/map settings (below); the textools script (in distribution) is able to correct the tree -) Hans --------- my setup script --------------- # example setup file / hans hagen # # dos2unix setuptex # . setuptex # mktexlsr # texexec --make --alone TEXROOT=$1 if ! test -f "$TEXROOT/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ; then TEXROOT="$PWD" ; fi if ! test -f "$TEXROOT/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ; then TEXROOT="$PWD/tex" ; fi if ! test -f "$TEXROOT/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ; then TEXROOT="/usr/local/context/tex" ; fi if ! test -f "$TEXROOT/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ; then TEXROOT="/usr/local/tex" ; fi if ! test -f "$TEXROOT/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ; then echo "provide a proper tex root (like /something/tex)" ; exit 1 ; fi export TEXROOT TEXMFMAIN=$TEXROOT/texmf TEXMFLOCAL=$TEXROOT/texmf-local TEXMFFONTS=$TEXROOT/texmf-fonts TEXMFEXTRA=$TEXROOT/texmf-extra TEXMFPROJECT=$TEXROOT/texmf-project TEXMFOS=$TEXROOT/texmf-linux VARTEXMF=$TMP/texmf-var export TEXMFMAIN export TEXMFLOCAL export TEXMFPROJECT export TEXMFFONTS export TEXMFEXTRA export TEXMFOS export VARTEXMF CTXDEVTXPATH= CTXDEVMPPATH= CTXDEVMFPATH= export CTXDEVTXPATH export CTXDEVMPPATH export CTXDEVMFPATH CTXDEVPLPATH= CTXDEVRBPATH= CTXDEVPYPATH= CTXDEVJVPATH= export CTXDEVPLPATH export CTXDEVRBPATH export CTXDEVPYPATH export CTXDEVJVPATH PATH=$TEXMFOS/bin:$PATH export PATH # PATH=$TEXMFLOCAL\SCRIPTS\PERL\CONTEXT:$PATH # PATH=$TEXMFLOCAL\SCRIPTS\RUBY\CONTEXT:$PATH # # PATH=$TEXMFLOCAL\CONTEXT\PERL:$PATH # PATH=$TEXMFLOCAL\CONTEXT\PERLTK:$PATH # PATH=$TEXMFLOCAL\CONTEXT\RUBY:$PATH # # PATH=$TEXMFPROJECT\CONTEXT\PERL:$PATH # PATH=$TEXMFPROJECT\CONTEXT\PERLTK:$PATH # PATH=$TEXMFPROJECT\CONTEXT\RUBY:$PATH # PATH=$TEXMFPROJECT\CONTEXT\BIN:$PATH # # export PATH # the next lines fail on dec alpha os's, so there you need # to comment them (bug traced down by kees van marle/martin # corrino) HOMETEXMF=/nonexist export HOMETEXMF TEXMFCNF=$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,}/web2c TEXMF='{$TEXMFOS,$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}' TEXMFDBS=$TEXMF export TEXMFCNF export TEXMF export TEXMFDBS TEXFORMATS=$TEXMFOS/web2c MPMEMS=$TEXFORMATS TEXPOOL=$TEXFORMATS MPPOOL=$TEXFORMATS export TEXFORMATS export MPMEMS export TEXPOOL export MPPOOL TEXINPUTS= MPINPUTS= MFINPUTS= export TEXINPUTS export MPINPUTS export MFINPUTS # SET EXAMPLEROOT=$VARTEXMF # EXPORT EXAMPLEROOT if ((test -w "$TEXMFOS/bin/texmfstart") && (! test -x "$TEXMFOS/bin/texmfstart")) ; then chmod 755 $TEXMFOS/bin/* fi ------ my config file ----------- % This file loads before texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf; beware : % the selfish auto parent can get in the way especially when % the binaries are located elsewhere. In case of multiple % trees, one can best set the following ones manually. TEXMFMAIN = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-local TEXMFFONTS = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-fonts TEXMFEXTRA = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-extra TEXMFPROJECTS = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-projects VARTEXMF = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-var HOMETEXMF = /nonexist TEXMF = {$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN} SYSTEXMF = $TEXMF TEXMFCNF = .;$TEXMF/texmf{-local,}/web2c TEXMFDBS = $TEXMF;$VARTEXFONTS VARTEXFONTS = $TEMPFONTPATH/varfonts % In the case of an multi-os setup, this one can be set % by the environment. TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c MFBASES = .;$TEXFORMATS MPMEMS = .;$TEXFORMATS TEXPOOL = .;$TEXFORMATS MFPOOL = .;$TEXFORMATS MPPOOL = .;$TEXFORMATS WEB2C = $TEXMF/web2c % fonts TEXPSHEADERS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/{enc,map,type1,truetype},dvips,pdftex,tex}//;$TEXMF/{etex,tex,pdftex,dvips,fonts/type1}// TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/map//,fontname};$TEXMF/{pdftex,dvips}/config;$TEXMF/{pdftex,dvips}// VFFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/vf// TFMFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/tfm// T1FONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/{type1,pfb}//;$TEXMF/fonts/misc/hbf// AFMFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/afm// LIGFILES = .;$TEXMF/fonts/lig// TTFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/{truetype,ttf}// TTF2TFMINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/ttf2pk// T42FONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/type42// MISCFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/misc// ENCFONTS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/enc,dvips}// CMAPFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/cmap// SFDFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/sfd// OPENTYPEFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/opentype// OFMFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/{ofm,tfm}//;$TFMFONTS OPLFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/opl// OVFFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/ovf// OVPFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/ovp// OTPINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/omega/otp// OCPINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/omega/ocp// % configurations $CTXDEVTXPATH=rubish $CTXDEVMPPATH=rubish $CTXDEVMFPATH=rubish TEXINPUTS.context = .;$CTXDEVTXPATH//;$TEXMF/{pdftex,pdfetex,etex,omega,tex}/{context,plain,generic,}// MPINPUTS = .;$CTXDEVMPPATH//;$TEXMF/metapost// MFINPUTS = .;$CTXDEVMFPATH//;$TEXMF/metafont//;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/source// TEXCONFIG = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/map,dvips,pdftex}// PDFTEXCONFIG = .;$TEXMF/pdftex/{$progname,}// DVIPDFMINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/{dvipdfm,{dvips,fonts/{map,enc}/{dvips,}}}// % for the moment we keep these and also keep a backward compatible path spec $CTXDEVPLPATH=rubish $CTXDEVPYPATH=rubish $CTXDEVRBPATH=rubish $CTXDEVJVPATH=rubish PERLINPUTS = .;$CTXDEVPLPATH//;$TEXMF/scripts/context/perl//;$TEXMF/{context/perl,context/perltk,perl,perltk}// PYTHONINPUTS = .;$CTXDEVPYPATH//;$TEXMF/scripts/context/python//;$TEXMF/{context/python,python}// RUBYINPUTS = .;$CTXDEVRBPATH//;$TEXMF/scripts/context/ruby//;$TEXMF/{context/ruby,ruby}// JAVAINPUTS = .;$CTXDEVJVPATH//;$TEXMF/scripts/context/java//;$TEXMF/{context/java,java}// TEXMFSCRIPTS = .;$CTXDEVRBPATH//;$CTXDEVPLPATH//;$TEXMF/scripts/context//;$TEXMF/scripts// % features shell_escape = t %openout_any = a openout_any = p openin_any = a parse_first_line = f allow_multiple_suffixes = f % auto generation MKTEXTEX = 0 MKTEXPK = 0 MKTEXMF = 0 MKTEXTFM = 0 MKOCP = 0 MKOFM = 0 % metapost MPXCOMMAND = texexec --batch --once --nomp --mptex TEX = texexec --batch --once --nomp % These values are about the same as in the main % configuration file (dest_names_size added). buf_size.context = 200000 % needed for omega bug extra_mem_bot.context = 2000000 extra_mem_top.context = 4000000 font_max.context = 2000 font_mem_size.context = 1000000 hash_extra.context = 50000 main_memory.context = 1500000 max_strings.context = 100000 nest_size.context = 500 obj_tab_size.context = 300000 dest_names_size.context = 300000 param_size.context = 5000 pool_free.context = 47500 pool_size.context = 1250000 save_size.context = 50000 stack_size.context = 5000 string_vacancies.context = 90000 trie_size.context = 250000 main_memory.mpost = 3000000 pool_size.mpost = 3000000 path_size.mpost = 10000 main_memory.metafun = 3000000 pool_size.metafun = 3000000 path_size.metafun = 10000 buf_size = 100000 mp_buf_size = 30000 mf_buf_size = 30000 mpost_buf_size = 30000 max_print_line.mpost = 250 max_print_line.metafun = 250 extra_mem_top.mptopdf = 1000000 extra_mem_bot.mptopdf = 1000000 ocp_buf_size = 500000 ocp_stack_size = 10000 ocp_list_size = 1000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach wrote:

<>here is my solution:

in texexec.ini change

set TeXFormatFlag to &

into: set TeXFormatFlag to

(empty)

and run texexec like:

texexec --tex=pdfetex file.tex

this is because texexec checks

if ( $TeXFormatFlag eq "" ) { if ($TeXProgram =~ /(etex|pdfetex)/) { $TeXFormatFlag = "-efmt=" ; # >=2004 -fmt= } elsif ($TeXProgram =~ /(eomega)/) { $TeXFormatFlag = "-eoft=" ; # >=2004 obsolete } elsif ($TeXProgram =~ /(aleph)/) { $TeXFormatFlag = "-fmt=" ; } else { $TeXFormatFlag = "-fmt=" ; } }

indeed, the texexec.rme file is changed accordingly; i needed that change because & is giving to much problems in nested calls; also, next year there will be changes again because from now on web2c formats will be fmt, like web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt instead of web2c/cont-en.efmt (currently both -efmt and -fmt are handled by the latest pdfetex) ; i didn't check miktex yet

<>and $TeXProgram is not set to $TeXExecutable (why the two different vars?)

dunno, must have a look Hans