Hello again, this is presumably only for the the Mac people on the list. Below is what I tried to update Gerden's i-installed teTex with the most recent context: (I remove all directories that occur in the context distribution, and then copy them. There is most likely a one liner for all of this in some shell, but my unix knowledge is from days when nobody new how to spell copyright) (everything w/ sudo) rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/doc/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc rm /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/config/context.map cp /cont-tmf\ Folder/dvips/config/context.map /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/config rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/tfm/hoekwater/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/fonts/tfm/hoekwater/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/tfm/hoekwater rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/hoekwater/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/fonts/type1/hoekwater/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/hoekwater rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/metapost/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/metapost/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/metapost rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/pdftex/config/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/pdftex/config/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/pdftex/config rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/tex/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/generic/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/tex/generic/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/generic rm -R /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/context cp -R /cont-tmf\ Folder/tex/latex/context /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex mktexlsr texexec --make --alone (Thanks to Hans once more for pointing out politely that I had no clue that the last two lines are important). They produce reasonable output that makes me believe that they are working with the TeX installation I updated and not the other one (fink). It would be nice to know how to modify that one, too, but before I will try that: It still doesn't work. I get the same error message as before (see below), indicating that I have messed up the TeX installation. Is it maybe necessary to tell either of the last two commands where the files are it should update? Matthias /bin/tcsh... if (-e /usr/share/init/tcsh/login) source /usr/share/init/tcsh/login source "/Applications/Text/iTeXMac 1.3-RC2/iTeXMac.app/Contents/MacOS/pathMaker" # this line is commented out texexec --pdf test exit # Making Paths... # Paths OK TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) entering extended mode (./test.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2003.7.30 int: english mes: english language : language en is active < system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-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 : test.top loaded (./test.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex < < system (E-TEX) : [line 1910] \ifcsname < <) specials : fdf loaded < <) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map color : system rgb is global activated check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'rgb' in line 2 (@@cl) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) systems : begin file test at line 35 section : 1 Introduction Randomizer initialized to 1565925327. [MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.4000) [MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.3999) [MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.3998) [MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.3997) layout : calculating backgrounds [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/dvips/config/pdftex.map}] 8080,0000,0000! Undefined control sequence. \ejectinsert ...group \noftopfloats \plusthousand \nofbotfloats \zerocount \... \@@pe:last ->\ejectinsert \gotonextpageX \relax \doifbothsidesoverruled \naa... \next1 #1,->\executepagebreakhandler {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... < ...ecutepagebreakhandlers {\v!laatste } \egroup \firstofoneargument #1->#1 ... l.113 \stoptext ?