[NTG-context] format generation -- again!

[Hans Hagen]

Alan Bowen wrote:
> On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>   
>> Alan Bowen wrote:
>>     
>>> Using the latest version of Gerben’s i-Installer (expert mode), I
>>> completely erased teTeX,
>>> re-installed the 2005 x86pc version, and then re-installed the latest
>>> ConTeXt.
>>>
>>> cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/
>>> grep agr cont-en.log
>>>
>>> produces
>>> 	encoding        : coding agr is loaded
>>> 	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/enco-agr.tex)
>>> 	language        : patterns for agr not loaded
>>> 	language        : patterns for agr not loaded
>>> and no more, which means that the ancient Greek hyphenation patterns
>>> are not available, though they presumably should be since the files
>>> lang-agr.hyp and
>>> lang-agr.pat are in the right place,
>>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/.
>>>
>>> When I try to regenerate the formats using
>>>
>>> sudo ruby /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/
>>> texmfstart.rb texexec --make --all
>>>
>>> I get the error message
>>>
>>> language        : patterns agr for agr loaded (n=24,e=agr,m=agr)
>>> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-agr.pat
>>> ! Nonletter.
>>> \rawcharacter ...r\or   \or
>>> \or
>>>      \or
>>> \or     \or
>>>                                                    \or \or \or \or
>>> \or \...
>>> l.37 α2Ϊ
>>>            1
>>> ?
>>>
>>> So no Greek hyphenation. I am baffled. And Thomas cannot reproduce
>>> the problem at his end.
>>> So, if anyone has any suggestions they will be gratefully received.
>>>
>>> By the way, if it is at all relevant, I am running Mac OS X 10.4.6 on
>>> a Power Mac G4 450 MHz.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>       
>> it looks like tetex does not use the -8bit switch (to pdfetex) or  
>> loads the natural tcx file; (you may try texexec --make instead)
>>
>> [patterns are now in utf-8 so this is why it show up now, but in  
>> fact your installation has never been 8 bit clean upto now]
>>
>> Hans
>>     
>
> Thanks, Hans. I tried
> 	texexec --make --all
> but the regeneration fails as before, with the lines
> 	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-agr.pat
> 	! Nonletter.
> 	\rawcharacter ...r\or   \or
> 	\or
> 	    \or
> 	\or     \or
> 	                                                  \or \or \or \or  
> \or \...
> 	l.37 α2Ϊ
> 	          1
> 	?
>
> Does the MacTeX distribution have the same problem?
>   
is there a natural.tcx file on your system? and is loading it reported?

in the worst case you can say:

ctxtools --pat

and move the generated pattern files to tex/context/patterns

Hans 


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