From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/9109 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Lopez Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: New user's first successes and problems Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:51:15 -0600 (MDT) Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <200208300051.SAA27434@abqb1k.abq.sc.philips.com> Reply-To: Robert Lopez 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 1035399463 736 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:57:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:57:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: angerweit@gmx.net Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:9109 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:9109 From: Henning Hraban Ramm > 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. Upon reading again pp 4,5 of "LaTeX in proper ConTeXt" by Berend de Boer I see you are of course correct. I think that the line which says "context test.tex" on page 5 is a typo which Berend de Boer ment to say "texexec text.tex". > > > 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. Oh? I am a bit confused how 0.13 or 1.0something newer than 3.14159... Ok. I shall attend to that soon. I try usually to upgrade teTeX and not do many upgrades to components in between them. Is a newer teTeX required or should I get just a newer pdfeTeX from CTAN? Perhaps I should ask that in the tex news group? > > > %% \setupcolor{state=start} > > all \setup commands use [square brackets], not {curly}. My poor vision. Thank you. Of course that fixed this. > > > 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? Fine. I thought possibly different tools had different features. > > > ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=utmr8t at 12.0pt not loadable: \ > > Metric (TFM) file not found. > > Did you look after utmr8t.tfm? (URW "Times Roman") I do not understand. I have no file on my system with utmr8t in the name. I checked that. I do have these files: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/afm/urw/times/utmr8a.afm /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/afm/urw/times/utmri8a.afm /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmr8a.pfb /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmri8a.pfb > Tip: Try fonts if other things run. Most beginners find that extremely > complicated. I do not understand what you mean by "Try fonts". > > > I put in place the emacs mode file, context.el. > > I don't use emacs, can't tell anything. Fine. You are already a very good help. > > > 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). Is this the mchart.pdf from http://www.pragma-ade.nl/ or do you refer to an other? This is the page which attracted my interest in ConTeXt. > > 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. Thank you very much. I shall have a look. > > Grüßlis vom Hraban! > -- > http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ (german, some sources) > http://www.ramm.ch/context/ (ConTeXt cookbook, a few tips) > --- Regards.