Re: New user's first successes and problems

[Henning Hraban Ramm <angerweit@gmx.net>]

Am Donnerstag, 29. August 2002 02:22 schrieb Robert Lopez:
> There is supposed to be a command which is "context" which I should be
> able to use on this file as "context 105". But I have no such
> executable.

Who supposes that to be? There isn't. texexec is what you need.

> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1)

Far too old!
ConTeXt needs a recent pdf(e)TeX; at least >14 (13 means 0.13); actual is 
1.0something.

> %% \setupcolor{state=start}

all \setup commands use [square brackets], not {curly}.

> I am supposed to be able to process this and other files with a
> command which is pdfetex.
> Another syntax of that command is "pdfetex \&cont-en --progname=context
> filename".

May be right, but why do you want to twist your fingers, if texexec does 
everything for you?

> ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=utmr8t at 12.0pt not loadable: \
> Metric (TFM) file not found.

Did you look after utmr8t.tfm? (URW "Times Roman")

Tip: Try fonts if other things run. Most beginners find that extremely 
complicated.

> I put in place the emacs mode file, context.el.

I don't use emacs, can't tell anything.

> To see how much I can learn about ConTeXt, especially the feature
> which made me most interested, but perhaps least documented, the
> ability to make flow charts.

There's a special doc about flowcharts (as with some other specials).

Have a look at my or at Bill's ConTeXt help pages!
You can find the link to Bill via the Pragma ("user links") or mine pages.

Grüßlis vom Hraban!
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http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ (german, some sources)
http://www.ramm.ch/context/ (ConTeXt cookbook, a few tips)
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