My (working) setup: TeXLive on MacOSX (full installation). This was
installed following the instructions in
http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html#install. (I only
have a slow modem at home)
I tried to update context, with the same instructions.
1. I unzipped the new version in texmf (is this correct?) and
texhashed, edited etc. Running texexec --pdf myfile gave the errors
shown below (see copy of messages).
2. I removed context and put it in texmf-dist (the original context
seemed to be there?). Same result (see messages).
3. I then tried to install the minimal version from the pragma site
(macostex.zip). There are no instructions and I spent hours trying to
figure out what to do. I then found the following in the archives:
-------------------
you can put the minimal context in for instance
mkdir /mytex
after that run
. /mytex/setuptex /mytex
make sure that the file in /mytex/texmf-linux/bin path have the x flag
set
texexec --make --all
-----------------------
I tried that, assuming that Mac BSD is close enouth to Linux, but
clearly this was written for somebody who knows much more than I do. I
was told to provide a proper tex root (something/tex), and when I did
(I think), I got a path containing //. Surely, it can't be that
difficult to give step by step instructions to somebody with basic unix
experience?!
Thanks for your help, Jörg
----Messages---------------
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex
executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : book
output : pdftex
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
\write18 enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
(/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
output format initialized to DVI
entering extended mode
(./book.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.21 int: english mes: english
language : language en is active
Jörg Hagmann wrote:
My (working) setup: TeXLive on MacOSX (full installation). This was installed following the instructions in http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html#install. (I only have a slow modem at home)
Bill McClain's pages are slowly becoming obsolete, they were written more than two years ago. I'm not sure if he is still reading this list, even? I thought most people on MacOSX used Gerben's i-Installer files (that is: the gwtex distribution, not texlive). I certainly have the impression that that would be the easiest way to use/update ConTeXt. (I'm on linux myself) Perhaps this page is of help? http://contextgarden.net/Mac_Installation Anyway, you are missing the latin modern fonts. Hopefully, you can get some hints from the "Install a Latin Modern font update" section of http://contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation the procedure should be almost identical except for the actual path and (perhaps) using 'updmap' instead of 'updmap-sys': that depends on the age of our tex-live image) Good luck, Taco
That sounds like our old nemesis, the latin-modern font metrics. Try downloading the file http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont- lmt.zip , unzip it in your texmf-tree and run texexec --make --all again, and you should be in business. HTH Thomas On Aug 22, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Jörg Hagmann wrote:
My (working) setup: TeXLive on MacOSX (full installation). This was installed following the instructions in http://home.salamander.com/ ~wmcclain/context-help.html#install. (I only have a slow modem at home) I tried to update context, with the same instructions. 1. I unzipped the new version in texmf (is this correct?) and texhashed, edited etc. Running texexec --pdf myfile gave the errors shown below (see copy of messages). 2. I removed context and put it in texmf-dist (the original context seemed to be there?). Same result (see messages). 3. I then tried to install the minimal version from the pragma site (macostex.zip). There are no instructions and I spent hours trying to figure out what to do. I then found the following in the archives: ------------------- you can put the minimal context in for instance mkdir /mytex after that run . /mytex/setuptex /mytex make sure that the file in /mytex/texmf-linux/bin path have the x flag set texexec --make --all ----------------------- I tried that, assuming that Mac BSD is close enouth to Linux, but clearly this was written for somebody who knows much more than I do. I was told to provide a proper tex root (something/tex), and when I did (I think), I got a path containing //. Surely, it can't be that difficult to give step by step instructions to somebody with basic unix experience?! Thanks for your help, Jörg ----Messages--------------- TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : book output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./book.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.21 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 color : palette rollover is available ) 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 ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base running `mf-nowin -ini -jobname=mf -progname=mf -translate- file=cp227.tcx mf.ini' ... This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3) (INIMF) (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/cp227.tcx) (/usr/TeX/texmf-dist/metafont/config/mf.ini (/usr/TeX/texmf-dist/metafont/base/plain.mf Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries, basic constants and mathematical macros, macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels, macros and tables for various modes of operation, macros for drawing and filling, macros for proof labels and rules, macros for character and font administration, and a few last-minute items.) (/usr/TeX/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/ modes.mf) ) Beginning to dump on file mf.base (base=mf 2005.8.21) 2223 strings of total length 29887 11862 memory locations dumped; current usage is 3656&7844 1003 symbolic tokens Transcript written on mf.log. fmtutil: /usr/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/mf.base installed. kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12
Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12
Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to make ec-lmr12.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz...
\fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr...
\synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 \enableregime [il1] ? ^Z [1]+ Stopped texexec --pdf book.tex luftmac:~/book/texbook hagmann$ less book.log luftmac:~/book/texbook hagmann$ texexec --pdf book.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : book output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./book.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.21 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 color : palette rollover is available ) 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 ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12
Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12
Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to make ec-lmr12.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz...
\fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr...
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On Aug 22, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
That sounds like our old nemesis, the latin-modern font metrics. Try downloading the file http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-lmt.zip , unzip it in your texmf-tree and run texexec --make --all again, and you should be in business.
Thank you very much. That worked. On Aug 22, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
I thought most people on MacOSX used Gerben's i-Installer files
Without a suitable internet access (at home) that might not be convenient. I believe that installing "by hand" will ultimately enhance one's understanding and help spot errors. And in addition to the MacOS I have a Linux system, and the problems will be the same most of the time.
Bill McClain's pages are slowly becoming obsolete,
But they still work. I would be willing to write a new version (just how to get going), provided you correct the mistakes. There are didactical advantages if something like that comes from a non-expert. Thanks again, Jörg. Prof. Dr.med. Jörg Hagmann-Zanolari Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics DKBW, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 28 CH-4058 Basel Switzerland Phone +41 (0)61 6953049
Jörg Hagmann wrote:
Bill McClain's pages are slowly becoming obsolete,
But they still work. I would be willing to write a new version (just how to get going), provided you correct the mistakes. There are didactical advantages if something like that comes from a non-expert.
The directory file, "context.www", is renamed to "wget.txt". In general, you will want to point people to http://contextgarden.net The two website/download mirrors for Pragma-ade are: http://context.aanhet.net % mine http://mirror.contextgarden.net % patrick's The mailing list archives are http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/ % one big chunk http://archive.contextgarden.net % Lurker archive The install instructions there are somewhat outside of my area of expertise, I'm afraid (I don't use TeXLive). But I wrote the tetex_3.0 page in the wiki, and I'm fairly certain that page is still ok. The typescript section is perhaps best checked by Adam, I believe he is the most knowledgeable person about that subject currently. The macro stuff should all be OK still (if not, there is probably a bug within ConTeXt that should be fixed instead of Bill's code) Cheers, Taco
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