Re: Context-minimal installation problem.

[John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com>]

On Tuesday 18 August 2009 01:48:09 pm Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2009, at 6:15 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> > Tried to install context minimals including the steps
> > mktexlsr
> > texexec --make --all
> > No errors at this point.  But when I tried to run pdftex
> > I get the error message
> > I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt!'
> >
> > That file is not anywhere in my personal directory. It is
> > however in my bigger texlive 2008 installation.
> > The set command shows:
> > TEXMFCACHE=/home/safer/context/tex/texmf-cache
> > TEXMFOS=/home/safer/context/tex/texmf-linux
> > TEXROOT=/home/safer/context/tex
> > so that part is OK.
> >
> > Any hints?
>
> You are using ConTeXt minimals. You are using texexec to generate
> the ConTeXt formats (cont-en.fmt etc.). Why would you expect a
> format file for pure pdftex to be produced?
>
> Thomas
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OK, so I can't use Context-minimals and still use pdftex.  I 
discovered years ago that many plain pdftex files would work with 
texexec because Context is really an elaborate set of macros 
depending on pdftex.  I'll try texexec on my pdftex oriented file 
and see if it works.  I do most of my work in plain pdftex.  

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