Re: ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

["Charles P. Schaum" <verbo.solo@sbcglobal.net>]

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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