Re: ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

[Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu>]

Charles---

set
produces (inter alia)
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11/ 
bin

I created a .profile containing the line
source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
and put it in Macintosh HD/Users/alancbowen/Library

But, sad to say, I get the same error when I try to typeset my “Hello  
World!” file using the™ minimals:

/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex: line 75: cd: /Applications/ 
ConTeXtMinimals/context: No such file or directory
The argument "" is not a valid TEXROOT path.
There is no file "/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex"
provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex')

Alan

On Aug 23, 2008, at 21;04,37 , Charles P. Schaum wrote:

> Here's a start:
>
> What's in your path? Typing set in the terminal window should tell  
> you.
>
> Second, did you add
>
> source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
>
> to your ~/.profile
>
> You need to have the source work from when you log in, and that  
> happens
> in the .profile, not the .bashrc. That way, stuff under Aqua see the
> right environment. If you just do cmdline, then .bashrc is OK.
>
> That's similar to GNOME under Linux/BSD.
>
> See what happens after you do that.
>
> Charles
>
> On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
>> Charles,
>>
>> I ran the last command (for “typical”) but now, when I try to typeset
>> \starttext
>> Hello World!
>> \stoptext
>> it appears that there is a “context” folder missing in the minimals
>> that I downloaded. That is, I get
>>
>> /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex: line 75: cd: / 
>> Applications/
>> ConTeXtMinimals/context: No such file or directory
>> The argument "" is not a valid TEXROOT path.
>> There is no file "/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex"
>> provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex')
>> TeXExec | processing document 'hello.tex'
>> TeXExec | no ctx file found
>> TeXExec | tex processing method: context
>> TeXExec | TeX run 1
>> TeXExec | writing option file hello.top
>> TeXExec | using randomseed 1013
>> TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
>> TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
>> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
>>  %&-line parsing enabled.
>>  (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
>> entering extended mode
>> (./hello.tex
>>
>> which indicates that Texlive 2007 was used.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> Note: the text of ConTeXtMinimals.engine reads
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> source /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/
>> ConTeXtMinimals/context/tex
>> texexec "$1"
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2008, at 12;20,09 , Charles P. Schaum wrote:
>>
>>> Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal from the finder
>>>
>>> Type (or cut n paste from Mail/Entourage) and don't put a carriage
>>> return between these lines (they are wrapped automatically)
>>>
>>> chmod a+x
>>> Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>
>>> If that fails - and it should not - try:
>>>
>>> sudo chmod a+x
>>> Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>
>>>
>>> You can substitute:
>>>
>>> chmod a+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>
>>> for the above path, and you can opt to do
>>>
>>> chmod u+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>
>>> when only you should execute it or
>>>
>>> chmod g+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>
>>> if anyone in your group can execute it
>>>
>>> or you can be "typical" and say
>>>
>>> chmod 775 ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>
>>> and that will make everyone executable and you/your group read-
>>> writable.
>>> Since you are using UNIX (as Mac OS X proudly touts) you might  
>>> want to
>>> snag a reference on shell scripting and basic UNIX commands. Welcome
>>> to
>>> the world beyond Aqua.
>>>
>>> That should do it.
>>>
>>> Charles
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 09:23 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
>>>> I have installed the Context Minimals following the newbie
>>>> instructions on the wiki at contextgarden for Mac users.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The instructions themselves are clear but should perhaps be  
>>>> updated:
>>>> • the file originally downloaded is first-setup.sh not
>>>> first-setup.tsh
>>>> • to execute this file run ./first-setup.sh not first-setup.sh (at
>>>> least, the former worked and did not return a “command not found”
>>>> message).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I also configured TeXShop as instructed. But now when I try to
>>>> typeset
>>>> a file, I get the error message:
>>>> Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine  
>>>> does
>>>> not have the executable bit set.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How can I fix this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note:  I am running Mac OS X 10.5.4.
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