Re: Problem with first setup of StandAlone ConTeXt

[Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com>]

Hi Bruce,

You have three solutions in order to solve the TeXShop issue. Here they are: 

Solution 1: add the following line at the top of your source file:

%!TEX TS-program = mkiv

Note that in the above you should replace « mkiv » with whatever engine name known to your TeXShop installation (for instance « ContextSuite», or any other name you have, or (may God forgive both of us…) even « latex »…). When you typeset with ConTeXt, the TeXShop will use the chosen engine.

Solution 2: when your source file is open you should have at the top your window a small menu named « Program ». Click on that menu and among the programs (that is the engines) choose th eone you want.

Solution 3: open the TeXShop Preferences and in the « Typesetting » pane , on the upper left part of the resulting window choose the radio button « Command listed below » and type the name of your preferred engine.

Best regards: OK

> On 16 Dec 2015, at 17:34, Bruce Boghosian <bruce.boghosian@tufts.edu> wrote:
> 
> I see, thanks.  I did use --engines=luatex.  I was aware that Mark II had been superseded by Mark IV, but I hadn't realized that texexec was the same thing as Mark II.  OK, so I won't worry about that issue any more.
> 
> It seems that my only remaining problem is the aforementioned TeXShop issue.  I will keep working on it.
> 
> Best,
> Bruce
> 
> 
>> On Dec 16, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 16 December 2015 at 17:10, Bruce Boghosian wrote:
>>> 
>>> Also, FWIW, I note that de Boer's document, "LaTeX in proper ConTeXt"
>>> recommends compiling from the command line using texexec rather than
>>> context.  This does not work for me.  The command "texexec" exists, and I
>>> can run it, but it does not produce a .pdf file -- just a .tmp file.
>> 
>> That document is a very old one. Nowadays context is preferred to
>> texexec (also known as Mark II or MkII). If you installed context with
>> --engines=luatex you explicitly did not installed prerequisites for
>> Mark II (pdftex with fonts etc.).
>> 
>> Mojca
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