Re: ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

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

On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 07:54 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:

> 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
> 

OK, the source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
should be the path to YOUR context minimals (the /path/to/blablabla is
commonly understood among UNIX users as meaning "substitute the path to
my thingy here."

I know where your TeXshop files are (under your Library dir tree) but I
don't know where the ConTeXt minimals were installed on your machine. I
have not installed minimals because the TeXLive distribution with MacTeX
has served me satisfactorily to date.

Please locate the folders context/tex/setuptex and context/tex in the
place where the minimals install put them. Are they under your home dir
or are they under /usr/local?

Figure out the FULL pathname from root,
e.g., /usr/local/context/tex/setuptex or whatever it is. Put those full
pathnames into the source line.

Now, your .profile file goes in your home dir, /Users/alancbowen. The
Bourne-again shell, bash, must find that file in your home dir when you
login.

/Users/alancbowen is how the UNIX side of OS X sees you, not Macintosh
HD/Users/alancbowen/Library. That's how Aqua things see you. They both
work, but UNIX creates a virtual environment off of a root /, that in
turn has Mac dirs like Applications, Users, and so on. /Users on the Mac
corresponds to /home on other Unix-like systems.

And this brings up a good point.
With UNIX pathnames, you have two alternatives for spaces in pathnames,
e.g., from your home dir:
"~/The Directory/and/its leaves"
~/The\ Directory/and/its\ leaves

HTH

Charles



> 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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