I was concerned that I may have over time messed with my system too much. So I reloaded the the 2002 version of the TeXLive CDROM. Things worked more or less. Then I was concerned that I should upgrade to the latest Context. So I downloaded cont-en.zip from the site and unzipped it in my /usr/TeX directory. This is a Linux system. Now if I sign on as an ordinary user when I run texexec I get a "file access denied" message. NO clue as to which file is denying access. And when I run texexec as root from a command line, then I get TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : pub output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) entering extended mode (./pub.tex{/usr/TeX/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2002.5.24 fmt: 2003.5.5 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : pub.top loaded (./pub.top) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \@@FDFflag \v!geencontrole \letvalue #1->\expandafter \let \csname #1 \endcsname l.944 \letvalue {\@@FDFflag\v!geencontrole} =\FDFflagDoNotSpellCheck ? No pages of output. Transcript written on pub.log. run time : 11 seconds total run time : 11 seconds I can always back up to the TeXLIve version of Context but I hate to go back that far in time. Suggestions?? John Culleton ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/