From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/8585 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Petrou Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: metafun tryout Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:16:44 -0400 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <20020708171644.B29942@cs.cmu.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20020701142018.032f5388@server-1> <20020708143921.D28044@cs.cmu.edu> <200207082226.58406.angerweit@gmx.net> Reply-To: dpetrou@ece.cmu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035398978 28789 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:49:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:49:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Henning Hraban Ramm In-Reply-To: <200207082226.58406.angerweit@gmx.net>; from angerweit@gmx.net on Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 10:26:58PM +0200 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:8585 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:8585 > > now, from my TeTeX installation, /usr/bin/texexec is a symlink to > > /usr/share/texmf/teTeX/bin/i386-linux-glibc/texexec, which is an old > > texexec. so, what i do is make sure that > > /usr/share/texmf/context/perltk is before /usr/bin in my PATH > > environment variable to make sure that the new version will get run. > > On my teTeX (SuSe 7.3) I replaced the old binaries with symlinks to the perl > scripts. i'll try this later to see if it makes a difference. the only way i imagine it could make a difference is if texexec or anything it runs calls programs directly from /usr/bin instead of honoring the path env var. > > go to /usr/share/texmf/context/perltk and copy texexec.rme to > > texexec.ini. > > Did you ensure the following line in texexec.ini: > set TeXShell to tetex yup. i have two files that are texexec.ini: bwv988 0/4 /usr/share/texmf> find . -name texexec.ini ./context/config/texexec.ini ./context/perltk/texexec.ini both have that line. > > texconfig rehash > > > texexec --make en nl > > The formats are created? > ("texexec --make" is enough -- you'll get metfun, too) nope. for reasons i don't understand, i needed to do the metafun step separately. (see the posts between hans and i on this list for more info.) > > then move metafun.mem to the directory output by kpsewhich > > cont-en.efmt: > > mv metafun.mem /var/lib/texmf/web2c > > perhaps texhash again. i've done that. many times. > What gives "texexec --verbose"? here you go. hope it helps: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bwv988 0/12 ~> which texexec /usr/share/texmf/context/perltk/texexec bwv988 0/13 ~> texexec --verbose TeXExec 3.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 locating ini file : found by kpsewhich reading : /usr/share/texmf/context/config/texexec.ini setting : 'TeXShell' to 'tetex' for 'all' setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'en,nl,de,uk' for 'all' setting : 'UserInterface' to 'en' for 'all' setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'tex' for 'all' setting : 'MpExecutable' to 'mpost' for 'all' setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'all' setting : 'DviToMpExecutable' to 'dvitomp' for 'all' setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'en,nl,de,uk' for 'tetex' setting : 'UserInterface' to 'en' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'pdfetex' for 'tetex' used setting : TeXShell = tetex used setting : SetupPath = used setting : UserInterface = en used setting : UsedInterfaces = en,nl,de,uk used setting : TeXFontsPath = . used setting : MpExecutable = mpost used setting : MpToTeXExecutable = mpto used setting : DviToMpExecutable = dvitomp used setting : TeXProgramPath = used setting : TeXFormatPath = used setting : ConTeXtPath = used setting : TeXScriptsPath = used setting : TeXExecutable = pdfetex used setting : TeXVirginFlag = -ini used setting : TeXBatchFlag = -int=batchmode used setting : MpBatchFlag = -int=batchmode used setting : TeXPassString = used setting : TeXFormatFlag = used setting : MpFormatFlag = used setting : MpVirginFlag = -ini used setting : MpPassString = used setting : MpFormat = metafun used setting : MpFormatPath = used setting : FmtLanguage = used setting : FmtBodyFont = used setting : FmtResponse = used setting : TcXPath = used setting : SetFile = applications will use : /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf locating fmtutil : /usr/bin/fmtutil --help overview of all options and their values --help all all about all options --help short just the main options --help mode ... pdf all about a few options --help '*.pdf' all about options containing 'pdf' total run time : 0 seconds ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Grüßlis vom Hraban! thanks! david