Re: Windows install

["Marc" <auxbuss@clara.co.uk>]

>From mari.voipio@iki.fi on 25 Aug 2002

> On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Marc wrote:
> > When I run texexec --make I get: "! You have to increase POOLSIZE."
> > Full script below. Can any one point me where to look to fix?
> 
> Actually, I did just 5 days ago - but the message header talked about
> fonts so you probably didn't think to look for solution there. I
> originally found the answer by doing a search in the mailing list
> archive, but it took some trial and error to come this far.
> 
> I wrote on August 25:
> 3. I tried to update the format files (MikTeX Options, General).
>    Got the "increase poolsize" warning at cont-en. Cancelled update,
>    went to miktex.ini and increased the pool size from 500000 to
>    1000000. Retried format update and made it this time.
> 
> mari
> 
> BTW, TeXLive had default poolsize for ConTeXt 1 250 000, so I didn't
> get stuck at this point with it. On the moment I'm evaluating TeXLive
> vs. MikTeX when wanting ConTeXt in Windows.

Yes, Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta wtote and suggested:

To: miktex.ini
Section: [ConTeXt]
Add line:
pool_size=1000000
Addline:
write18=enable

This worked for
> texexec --make en
But fails after a couple of minutes with 
> texexec --make
with

macros, math definitions,
skipping used \tenex in plain
output routines, hyphenation
skipping \input in plain
skipping \tenrm in plain
)
system (E-TEX) : [line 207] \savinghyphcodes
) (C:\tex\tex\context\base\supp-pdf.tex (C:\tex\tex\context\base\supp-mis.tex
loading : Context Support Macros / Missing
)
loading : Context Support Macros / PDF
) (C:\tex\tex\context\base\supp-mpe.tex
loading : MetaPost Special Extensions
! Undefined control sequence.
l.520 \appendtoks

?

Ah! The pain...

Best,
Marc