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Hans wrote.... http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/tex.iso.bz2 ISO which runs context + everything from cd, for the mom... perl/ruby I tried the above download and extracted the iso files into a folder on a win xp machine. running cscite.bat opens the scite editor and running ctrl-F12 opens adobe acrobat but then stops. I append the output in exampler window and the buffer below. How can I get it running? Have anyof you guys got the ISO image working on a CD in winXP professional? Please help this newbie start on using context. regards Vivek Output of exampler %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% exampler + program exampler exampler + version 1.0 exampler + author PRAGMA POD exampler + commandline "--continue" exampler + using environment setuppath c:/cygwin/contextiso/usr/local/context/ tex/texmf-local/context/ruby exampler + loading c:/cygwin/contextiso/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/cont ext/ruby/../examplap/scripts/example.exa exampler - sub environment file machine.exa not found exampler + !! presetting texroot to the root of current texmf tree !! exampler + !! checking if texroot is set to a valid path !! exampler + !! setting texmf variables based on texroot !! exampler - sub environment file paths.exa not found exampler - sub environment file local.exa not found exampler + gone to jobpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/exampl ap/jobs exampler + jobpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/examplap/jobs exampler + resultpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/examplap/re sults exampler + server started on 127.0.0.1:8061 exampler + listening at 127.0.0.1:8061 in loop mode %%%%%%%%%%%%%% Output of the scite buffer %%%%%%%%%% texexec --autopdf --pdf readme.tex TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : readme output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' Try `pdfetex --help' for more information. return code : 256 run time : 0 seconds total run time : 3 seconds Exit code: 1 %%%%%%%%%%%
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At 10:51 27/03/2004, you wrote:
Hans wrote.... http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/tex.iso.bz2 ISO which runs context + everything from cd, for the mom... perl/ruby I tried the above download and extracted the iso files into a folder on a win xp machine. running cscite.bat opens the scite editor and running ctrl-F12 opens adobe acrobat but then stops. I append the output in exampler window and the buffer below. How can I get it running? Have anyof you guys got the ISO image working on a CD in winXP professional? Please help this newbie start on using context.
regards Vivek
Output of exampler %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% exampler + program exampler exampler + version 1.0 exampler + author PRAGMA POD exampler + commandline "--continue" exampler + using environment setuppath c:/cygwin/contextiso/usr/local/context/ tex/texmf-local/context/ruby exampler + loading c:/cygwin/contextiso/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/cont ext/ruby/../examplap/scripts/example.exa exampler - sub environment file machine.exa not found exampler + !! presetting texroot to the root of current texmf tree !! exampler + !! checking if texroot is set to a valid path !! exampler + !! setting texmf variables based on texroot !! exampler - sub environment file paths.exa not found exampler - sub environment file local.exa not found exampler + gone to jobpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/exampl ap/jobs exampler + jobpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/examplap/jobs exampler + resultpath C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\texmf-var/examplap/re sults exampler + server started on 127.0.0.1:8061 exampler + listening at 127.0.0.1:8061 in loop mode
that's ok since it listening to requests (in the tools menu yoy will find an entry for the interface) btw, i'll upload a newer version of exampler later this week, one that does multithreading (and also works ok on linux -)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Output of the scite buffer %%%%%%%%%% texexec --autopdf --pdf readme.tex
TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003
executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : readme output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' Try `pdfetex --help' for more information.
smells like a scite config error I will look into it Hans
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Hans Hagen wrote (on behalf of Vivek):
running? Have anyof you guys got the ISO image working on a CD in winXP professional?
I have done this once on my XP corporate edition (for the TeXLive package), but it took some fiddling and a lot of cursing, so nowadays I have a workaround. The real problem: The native CD burning program on Windows XP does NOT understand .iso. The XP solution: Get a program that knows how to either burn ISOs on CD or rip them open so that you can burn the contents on CD (at least TeXLive easily survives through this). I had something simple, I don't even remember the name of it any more, but for example http://www.newfreeware.com/search.php3?q=burn+iso+image looks like it could help. I'm sure similar freeware/shareware is available all over the place... "burn iso image" or "open iso image" or "extract iso image" might be good search words. If you want to replace the XP dummy CD burner with something good, it might be a good idea to invest ca 100 euros to Ahead Nero, for example. My workaround: I downloaded TeXLive at work, opened the bz2 package and burned the ISO image on CD with my Win2k that has compatible software (Nero, I think). This was a lot faster (and also easier) than losing my patience by trying to extract and copy the iso image on WindowsXP. The latest TeXLive installed beautifully from the CD to XP (except I still don't know why my TOC doesn't compile now), getting to as far as the installation phase was the hard part. (I'm NOT amused with XP's built-in CD burning software.) One of the Windows people, Mari
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At 21:18 29/03/2004, you wrote:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Hans Hagen wrote (on behalf of Vivek):
running? Have anyof you guys got the ISO image working on a CD in winXP professional?
I have done this once on my XP corporate edition (for the TeXLive package), but it took some fiddling and a lot of cursing, so nowadays I have a workaround.
The real problem: The native CD burning program on Windows XP does NOT understand .iso.
download cdrecord and ... makeiso.bat @ echo off if not exist "%1.iso" goto usage if not "%2"=="r" goto write :rewrite cdrecord -v -v -v -blank=fast -dao -dev=0,1,0 %3 %4 %5 %1.iso goto end :write cdrecord -v -v -V -V -dao -dev=0,1,0 %2 %3 %4 %5 %1.iso goto end :usage echo usage name [r] :end
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Hans Hagen
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Mari Voipio
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Vivek Sharma