Strange error while generating format
Hello, all-- I am trying to set up a new version of ConTeXt (the latest stable version, I guess? I downloaded it from Pragma ADE yesterday). But when I run 'texexec --make en' I get the following error: (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/page-imp.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Pagebody Building system (E-TEX) : [line 736] \dimexpr ! Undefined control sequence. l.743 \setuppaper ? I say this is strange because I'm sure \setuppaper is defined--and if it weren't, surely it would have been noticed and corrected by now. I think all ConTeXt files are in their proper places ... at least, they are in the same places they were in a previous working installation. Some pertinent facts: TeX distribution: teTeX 1.0.2 Major addons: pTeX 2.0 (but as far as I know this doesn't replace core files) Platform: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Maybe the files are getting loaded in the wrong order? But I can't think of any reason why that might happen. Or have I missed some important step? P.S.: I think there's something missing from the installation guide (minstall.pdf): teTeX users may need to edit $TEXMF/web2c/fmtutil.cnf in order to enable texexec to find 'cont-*.ini'. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)
At 17:32 28/04/2003 -0600, Matt Gushee wrote:
Hello, all--
I am trying to set up a new version of ConTeXt (the latest stable version, I guess? I downloaded it from Pragma ADE yesterday). But when I run 'texexec --make en' I get the following error:
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/page-imp.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Pagebody Building system (E-TEX) : [line 736] \dimexpr ! Undefined control sequence. l.743 \setuppaper
?
I say this is strange because I'm sure \setuppaper is defined--and if it weren't, surely it would have been noticed and corrected by now. I think all ConTeXt files are in their proper places ... at least, they are in the same places they were in a previous working installation.
Some pertinent facts:
TeX distribution: teTeX 1.0.2 Major addons: pTeX 2.0 (but as far as I know this doesn't replace core files) Platform: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Maybe the files are getting loaded in the wrong order? But I can't think of any reason why that might happen. Or have I missed some important step?
setuppaper is indeed defined, page-lay.tex: \def\setuppaper[#1]% so, something is wrong; maybe deleting the base path and unzipping again works; to be sure i'll upload a new beta Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 08:15:50PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/page-imp.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Pagebody Building system (E-TEX) : [line 736] \dimexpr ! Undefined control sequence. l.743 \setuppaper
?
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Maybe the files are getting loaded in the wrong order? But I can't think of any reason why that might happen. Or have I missed some important step?
setuppaper is indeed defined,
page-lay.tex: \def\setuppaper[#1]%
so, something is wrong; maybe deleting the base path and unzipping again works; to be sure i'll upload a new beta
Okay, I deleted the files are re-unzipped--same error. Then I tried the new beta--same error. This is very odd. However, I tried the new stable package on another machine, where I have had the same version of teTeX installed for several months, and did not get the same error. So evidently there's something wrong with my TeX configuration on the new machine. I wish I could figure out what it is. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)
On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 03:56:04PM -0600, Matt Gushee wrote:
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/page-imp.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Pagebody Building system (E-TEX) : [line 736] \dimexpr ! Undefined control sequence. l.743 \setuppaper
?
....
Maybe the files are getting loaded in the wrong order? But I can't think of any reason why that might happen. Or have I missed some important step?
setuppaper is indeed defined,
page-lay.tex: \def\setuppaper[#1]%
so, something is wrong; maybe deleting the base path and unzipping again works; to be sure i'll upload a new beta
Okay, I deleted the files are re-unzipped--same error. Then I tried the new beta--same error. This is very odd.
Well, it turns out this was just a dumb mistake on my part. A few months ago I wanted to experiment with modifications to 'page-lay.tex,' so I had a copy of the old version in my /usr/local/share/texmf tree, which comes before the main distribution in $TEXMF. So, apologies for troubling everybody. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)
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