texexec problem

[Walter Kehowski <kehowski@gc.maricopa.edu>]

The Final Frontier: ConTeXt

I would like to experiment with ConTeXt but am having some trouble
getting it to run. When I type

texexec --make

I get the following error message:

Missing $ on loop variable at C:\localtexmf\context\perltk\texexec.pl at
line 576.

I also get this error message when I type

texexec --verbose

What could be the problem? BTW, I have set my path in autoexec.bat to

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\texmf\miktex\bin
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Perl\bin;C:\localtexmf\context\perltk

and I have changed all directories in texexec.ini to C:\localtexmf\...
so that when I upgrade MiKTeX I don't have to re-install ConTeXt. (This
might be a better option than the current setup, or else what's a
localtexmf for?) I have made the necessary copies of runperl.exe. Of
course, I refreshed the fndb.

Two questions: Is it necessary to make a (renamed) copy of runperl.exe
for every perl script added to the installation? texunits.pl, for
example. Will ConTeXt overwrite any format files already created by
MiKTeX?

Thanks to David Arnold and Hans Hagen for their help in getting me to
this point.

Sincerely,

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 Walter A. Kehowski
 Mathematics
 Glendale Community College
 Glendale, AZ
 kehowski@gc.maricopa.edu
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