Re: [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

Re: [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

[Steffen Wolfrum]

Am 12.02.2006 um 18:54 schrieb Jonathan Kew:

> On 12 Feb 2006, at 5:33 pm, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> again, after an i-installer update, my ConTeXt-XeTeX typesetting  
>> failed. Probably I'd never understood how to make the required  
>> formats (what command, what order) properly...
>>
>
> Did you reinstall XeTeX after updating the TeX package? I assume  
> so, just checking....

Yes, this was the order:
.FreeType 2
.libwmf
.Ghostscript 8
.ImageMagick
.FontForge
.TeX
.ConTeXt-Updater
.XeTeX


>
>> Can someone please tell me what's the right way
>> for using ConTeXt-XeTeX and ConTeXt-pdfeTeX?
>
> ....and if it looks simple and robust and I can understand it, I  
> guess I could try adding this to the XeTeX installation scripts.  
> I've never had the time to really look into ConTeXt, but it'd be  
> nice if it could "just work" for people.


After an i-installation running ConTeXt (by pdfeTeX) works right out  
of the box (without any commandline action), same for plain XeTeX  
(plainTeX by XeTeX?).
But running a ConTeXt document by XeTeX fails:

  TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

fixing engine variable : pdfetex
             executable : xetex
                 format : cont-en
              inputfile : text
                 output : pdftex
              interface : en
           current mode : none
                TeX run : 1

This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3)
(WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored)
---! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was written  
by pdfetex
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

            return code : 256
               run time : 1 seconds

         total run time : 1 seconds


Someone knows what to do?

Steffen

Re: [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:49 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:

> This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3)
> (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored)
> ---! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was  
> written by pdfetex
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^

That's the problem. If you want both xetex and pdftex, you need to  
have two different format-files, both called cont-en.fmt. They need  
to be in two different subdirectories:
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex [for pdfetex]
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xetex   [for xetex]

Remove the cont-*.fmt files in the .../web2c directory and regenerate  
the formats with texexec.

HTH

Thomas

Re: [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

[Steffen Wolfrum]

OK, a while ago I've found the XeTeX page in Patrick's garden: http:// 
wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX
Now it works with both (pdfetex and xetex). Works fine in Terminal:  
texexec --xtx text.tex

But the next problem is TeXShop.  How do I trigger ConTeXt-XeTeX in  
TeXShop?
The only solution I've found is:

1) start the document with  %&program=xetex
2) in TeXShop's menu choose "Typeset": "ConTeXt" and "Personal Script"

This will typeset a ConTeXt file with XeTeX.
But at the end of TeXShop's log it says:

"This script has been deprecated. Please call

     simpdftex latex test.dvi

instead."


So, what was wrong? What's the correct way?

Steffen

Re: [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

[Adam Lindsay]

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Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
> OK, a while ago I've found the XeTeX page in Patrick's garden: http:// 
> wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX
> Now it works with both (pdfetex and xetex). Works fine in Terminal:  
> texexec --xtx text.tex
> 
> But the next problem is TeXShop.  How do I trigger ConTeXt-XeTeX in  
> TeXShop?
> The only solution I've found is:
> 
> 1) start the document with  %&program=xetex
> 2) in TeXShop's menu choose "Typeset": "ConTeXt" and "Personal Script"
> 
> This will typeset a ConTeXt file with XeTeX.
> But at the end of TeXShop's log it says:

I'm not a TeXShop power user, or even a master shell scripter, but I did 
  come up with the attached command, and saved it as
  ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/XeConTeXt.engine

For now, that's enough for me. I don't know how to trigger it 
programmatically (from within the .tex file).
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#!/bin/tcsh

set path= ($path /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current /usr/local/bin)
texexec --xtx "$1"

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Re: [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

[Otared Kavian]

Hi Steffen,

A few months ago I sent to the XeTeX list the following message  
regarding the use of XeConTeXt (that is a format mixing XeTeX and  
ConTeXt) from within TeXShop:

1) Create a (text) file called XeConTeXt.engine containing the lines:

#!/bin/tcsh

set path= ($path /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current / 
usr/local/bin)
texexec --xtx  "$1"

and save it in the directory
~/Library/TeXShop/Engines

If you use any other "shell" than "tcsh" you should put that shell  
instead. (The name "XeConTeXt.engine" can actually be  
"whatYouWant.engine").

2) In a Terminal window make this file "XeConTeXt.engine" executable  
with the command

chmod 755 XeConTeXt.engine

3) Reopen TeXShop and a file you want to typeset with XeConTeXt:  
you'll see in a small menu in the toolbar of the source file, that  
there is an option with XeConTeXt. Choose this and then typeset your  
file.

Note: The above works provided the format cont-en.fmt created with  
XeTeX sits in the directory
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xetex

I hope this will be useful for what you want to do.

Best regards: OK

On 12 févr. 2006, at 18:10, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:

> OK, a while ago I've found the XeTeX page in Patrick's garden: http://
> wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX
> Now it works with both (pdfetex and xetex). Works fine in Terminal:
> texexec --xtx text.tex
>
> But the next problem is TeXShop.  How do I trigger ConTeXt-XeTeX in
> TeXShop?
> The only solution I've found is:
>
> 1) start the document with  %&program=xetex
> 2) in TeXShop's menu choose "Typeset": "ConTeXt" and "Personal Script"
>
> This will typeset a ConTeXt file with XeTeX.
> But at the end of TeXShop's log it says:
>
> "This script has been deprecated. Please call
>
>      simpdftex latex test.dvi
>
> instead."
>
>
> So, what was wrong? What's the correct way?
>
> Steffen
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