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Hi, does anyone here has MacTeX 2011 installed and could help Joseph? (I just saw this on OSX_TEX list, see below). Thanks, Steffen Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
Von: Joseph Wright
Datum: 9. September 2011 16:48:37 MESZ An: Betreff: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues Antwort an: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List Hello all,
I'm trying to get ConTeXT MkIV working with MacTeX 2011. My system seems to be up to date, but running 'context' from the Terminal (MAc OS 10.6.8) gives:
mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'
'luatools --generate' gives a similar issue
mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua'
I'm not sure at the moment if this is MacTeX-specific or a TeX Live 2011 issue. Does anyone have any ideas? -- Joseph Wright ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
On 9-9-2011 17:12, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
does anyone here has MacTeX 2011 installed and could help Joseph? (I just saw this on OSX_TEX list, see below).
I remember that Mojca looked into it and it mostly a missing configuration error. But anyway, luatools is obsolete. Maybe an mtxrun --generate helps. Minimals should work ok. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 17:12, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
does anyone here has MacTeX 2011 installed and could help Joseph? (I just saw this on OSX_TEX list, see below).
This is a "known" problem in the sense that it happens pretty often, but it is unclear what exactly goes wrong. MacTeX should usually work by default. More information is needed, in particular contents of /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua Mojca
Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
Von: Joseph Wright
Datum: 9. September 2011 16:48:37 MESZ An: Betreff: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues Antwort an: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List Hello all,
I'm trying to get ConTeXT MkIV working with MacTeX 2011. My system seems to be up to date, but running 'context' from the Terminal (MAc OS 10.6.8) gives:
mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'
'luatools --generate' gives a similar issue
mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua'
I'm not sure at the moment if this is MacTeX-specific or a TeX Live 2011 issue. Does anyone have any ideas? -- Joseph Wright
On 09/09/2011 17:23, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 17:12, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
does anyone here has MacTeX 2011 installed and could help Joseph? (I just saw this on OSX_TEX list, see below).
This is a "known" problem in the sense that it happens pretty often, but it is unclear what exactly goes wrong. MacTeX should usually work by default.
More information is needed, in particular contents of /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua
Mojca
Hello Mojca, I did wonder if this was known: I've noticed that ConTeXt seems to be 'on and off' at least on my Mac (I've done less testing on Windows). My /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua shows: -- (Public domain.) -- This texmfcnf.lua file should exist only if you have personal changes -- from the distributed file; for example, if TEXMFVAR was changed in -- the installer. -- return { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var' } -- Joseph Wright
Dear Joseph, On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:36, Joseph Wright wrote:
Hello Mojca,
I did wonder if this was known: I've noticed that ConTeXt seems to be 'on and off' at least on my Mac (I've done less testing on Windows).
My /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua shows:
-- (Public domain.) -- This texmfcnf.lua file should exist only if you have personal changes -- from the distributed file; for example, if TEXMFVAR was changed in -- the installer. -- return { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var' } -- Joseph Wright
Were you, by any chance, an early adopter who didn't install the new version of MacPorts once it was officially released? Please replace the contents of that file with: return { content = { variables = { TEXMFHOME = "~/Library/texmf", TEXMFVAR = "~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var", TEXMFCONFIG = "~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-config", }, }, } or reinstall MacTeX. Mojca
On 10/09/2011 11:41, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
My /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua shows:
-- (Public domain.) -- This texmfcnf.lua file should exist only if you have personal changes -- from the distributed file; for example, if TEXMFVAR was changed in -- the installer. -- return { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var' } -- Joseph Wright
Were you, by any chance, an early adopter who didn't install the new version of MacPorts once it was officially released?
Please replace the contents of that file with:
return { content = { variables = { TEXMFHOME = "~/Library/texmf", TEXMFVAR = "~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var", TEXMFCONFIG = "~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-config", }, }, }
or reinstall MacTeX.
Mojca
Hello Mojca, I did indeed install MacTeX 'early' (basically as soon as it became available for testing). I'm surprised "sudo tlmgr install --reinstall context metapost" did not sort this one out. Anyway, that sorts the issue: thanks very much for the very rapid reply. -- Joseph Wright
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:49, Joseph Wright wrote:
Hello Mojca,
I did indeed install MacTeX 'early' (basically as soon as it became available for testing). I'm surprised "sudo tlmgr install --reinstall context metapost" did not sort this one out.
tlmgr is not allowed to change your local configuration file (that would be a bad idea) since you might have edited it yourself. We updated that file during testing phase. In the same spirit: you probably don't have the bleeding edge TLU unless you updated it manually and tlmgr won't really help you with that. Even more important might be the version of TeX Dist Preference Pane. Since you seem to have posted your original question to another mailing list, can you please at least leave a reply that the issue was solved (and how you solved it)? Mojca
Hi, I do have MacTeX 2011 installed (for LaTeX needs), but use the Standalone (former minimals) for CoNTeXt. Besides being more recent, this has the advantage that one can archive a done project together with the Standalone tree in case changes to CoNText happen break the project. The relevant wiki page for installing and configuring with editors is at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone/Mac_Installation Matthias On Sep 9, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
does anyone here has MacTeX 2011 installed and could help Joseph? (I just saw this on OSX_TEX list, see below).
Thanks, Steffen
Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
Von: Joseph Wright
Datum: 9. September 2011 16:48:37 MESZ An: Betreff: [OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues Antwort an: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List Hello all,
I'm trying to get ConTeXT MkIV working with MacTeX 2011. My system seems to be up to date, but running 'context' from the Terminal (MAc OS 10.6.8) gives:
mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'
'luatools --generate' gives a similar issue
mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-base.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua'
I'm not sure at the moment if this is MacTeX-specific or a TeX Live 2011 issue. Does anyone have any ideas? -- Joseph Wright ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
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On 09/09/2011 18:30, Matthias Weber wrote:
Hi,
I do have MacTeX 2011 installed (for LaTeX needs), but use the Standalone (former minimals) for CoNTeXt.
Besides being more recent, this has the advantage that one can archive a done project together with the Standalone tree in case changes to CoNText happen break the project.
The relevant wiki page for installing and configuring with editors is at
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone/Mac_Installation
Matthias
I did think of the minimals, and indeed that was my first port of call after 'context' failed from my MacTeX installation. However, there does not seem to be any Tikz in the minimals, and I needed that. Setting up Tikz is not so straight-forward. I've managed to get a working system on my PC, but would of course like a working system on my Mac too. -- Joseph Wright
On 10-9-2011 12:38, Joseph Wright wrote:
On 09/09/2011 18:30, Matthias Weber wrote:
Hi,
I do have MacTeX 2011 installed (for LaTeX needs), but use the Standalone (former minimals) for CoNTeXt.
Besides being more recent, this has the advantage that one can archive a done project together with the Standalone tree in case changes to CoNText happen break the project.
The relevant wiki page for installing and configuring with editors is at
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone/Mac_Installation
Matthias
I did think of the minimals, and indeed that was my first port of call after 'context' failed from my MacTeX installation. However, there does not seem to be any Tikz in the minimals, and I needed that. Setting up Tikz is not so straight-forward.
first-setup --modules=all the minimals installer remembers what gets installed and when updating modules will be installed as well if someone only wants luatex the initial install should say --engine=luatex (more minimal, might become default at some point) the only problem with tikz can be that it depends on some built in functionality (i remember a recent post about such a dependency) but normally the tikz maintainers are quite willing to take care of it; another potential issue can be low level resource management but if the proper interfaces are used this should work now Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On 10/09/2011 11:53, Hans Hagen wrote:
I did think of the minimals, and indeed that was my first port of call after 'context' failed from my MacTeX installation. However, there does not seem to be any Tikz in the minimals, and I needed that. Setting up Tikz is not so straight-forward.
first-setup --modules=all
the minimals installer remembers what gets installed and when updating modules will be installed as well
if someone only wants luatex the initial install should say --engine=luatex (more minimal, might become default at some point)
the only problem with tikz can be that it depends on some built in functionality (i remember a recent post about such a dependency) but normally the tikz maintainers are quite willing to take care of it; another potential issue can be low level resource management but if the proper interfaces are used this should work now
Hello Hans, Thanks for that: I had not investigated the options for first-setup. -- Joseph Wright
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:38, Joseph Wright wrote:
I did think of the minimals, and indeed that was my first port of call after 'context' failed from my MacTeX installation. However, there does not seem to be any Tikz in the minimals, and I needed that. Setting up Tikz is not so straight-forward.
As Hans already said: add --modules=tikz switch. Mojca
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Hans Hagen
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Joseph Wright
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Matthias Weber
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Mojca Miklavec
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Steffen Wolfrum