Simplest slides

Simplest slides

[Guilherme P. de Freitas]

Hi everybody,

I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I
need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to
one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain
background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you
need a more concrete example, here it is:

http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf

It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a
paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using
my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote
(which is otherwise very nice).

Thanks,

Guilherme



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Re: Simplest slides

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I
> need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to
> one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain
> background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you
> need a more concrete example, here it is:
>
> http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf
>
> It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a
> paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using
> my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote
> (which is otherwise very nice).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guilherme
>
You could do worse than taking a look at simpleslides: http://modules.contextgarden.net/simpleslides 
  The name really says it all...

Thomas
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Re: Simplest slides

[Guilherme P. de Freitas]

Hi Thomas,

I did take a look at simple slides, and in their documentation, there
is no "plain" background. All the backgrounds have some shape/color to
it. That may be possible, but I couldn't tell just by spending 3-4 min
skimming the documentation. As it is something very natural to want (a
plain background), I assumed that it was either not supported without
a hack, or too hard to figure out.

Best,

Guilherme

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz
<thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>
> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I
>> need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to
>> one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain
>> background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you
>> need a more concrete example, here it is:
>>
>> http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf
>>
>> It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a
>> paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using
>> my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote
>> (which is otherwise very nice).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Guilherme
>>
> You could do worse than taking a look at simpleslides:
> http://modules.contextgarden.net/simpleslides The name really says it all...
>
> Thomas
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>



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Re: Simplest slides

[Guilherme P. de Freitas]

In case I wasn't clear "That may be possible" refers to "Having a
blank background may be possible".

And I really don't want to sound ungrateful for all the great software
available out there for free (by the way, I pay for software that
helps me), but it is maybe the 4th time I decide to try to write down
a set of slides using ConTeXt and I can't find a simple template with
a plain background to download. Call me crazy, but I didn't expect
that.

In the webpage for Slides/Presentations in the Context wiki, there is
no complete, working template for a presentation with slides. Sure,
people may want to customize everything, but I would guess 90% of
presentation have a title and an author, lists and pictures. It would
be very helpful to have such a template (as basic as possible, with
those four components). And a template like this would be a great
starting point for people like me, that want to migrate at least part
of their work to ConTeXt (I've had a very positive experience writing
problem sets already), and do that by doing real work, under a time
constraint, instead of setting time aside to learn everything writing
down examples, etc. (which is great, but takes longer) That kind of
audience needs a quick solution, and then references to
customizations. The references for customizations exist; the quick
solutions (templates go a long way in this case), no. And I think the
additional cost of doing that is minimal.

Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title,
author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go
and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping
there would be something already done for very simple slides.

Best,

Guilherme

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Guilherme P. de Freitas
<guilherme@gpfreitas.com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> I did take a look at simple slides, and in their documentation, there
> is no "plain" background. All the backgrounds have some shape/color to
> it. That may be possible, but I couldn't tell just by spending 3-4 min
> skimming the documentation. As it is something very natural to want (a
> plain background), I assumed that it was either not supported without
> a hack, or too hard to figure out.
>
> Best,
>
> Guilherme
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz
> <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I
>>> need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to
>>> one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain
>>> background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you
>>> need a more concrete example, here it is:
>>>
>>> http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf
>>>
>>> It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a
>>> paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using
>>> my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote
>>> (which is otherwise very nice).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Guilherme
>>>
>> You could do worse than taking a look at simpleslides:
>> http://modules.contextgarden.net/simpleslides The name really says it all...
>>
>> Thomas
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>>
>
>
>
> --
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> http://www.gpfreitas.com
>



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Re: Simplest slides

[Hans Hagen]

Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:

> Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title,
> author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go
> and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping
> there would be something already done for very simple slides.

you can also roll out your own style ... the s-pre-*.tex files have some 
examples (some styles can be run with --mode=demo)

Hans

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Re: Simplest slides

[Guilherme P. de Freitas]

It just occurred to me that a style was not a necessary thing, but an
optional parameter, and that without it, the style would end up being
"plain". That was the case, and therefore my problem is essentially
solved. Thanks everybody, especially Thomas.

Question: how do I get white text on black background? I tried
adapting some commands from the Wiki, and that didn't work. Searching
for the word "background" in the 'simple slides' documentation led me
to information that was unrelated to what I wanted.

For the sake of everybody out there wanting to use ConTeXt for their
presentations, it would be very nice to have a link for a complete
template, with title, author, a list and a picture in the Wiki. I
slightly modified the simplest example in 'simple slides' (taking away
the style, and including a list and a figure). It is available here:

http://archive.gpfreitas.net/coursework/grad/caltech/year3/ss280/presentation1/pres-simple_slides.zip

It does need 'simple slides', so it might be a bad idea for the
Wiki... but anyway, please, feel free to copy it to the wiki.

Best,

Guilherme

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas
<guilherme@gpfreitas.com> wrote:
> In case I wasn't clear "That may be possible" refers to "Having a
> blank background may be possible".
>
> And I really don't want to sound ungrateful for all the great software
> available out there for free (by the way, I pay for software that
> helps me), but it is maybe the 4th time I decide to try to write down
> a set of slides using ConTeXt and I can't find a simple template with
> a plain background to download. Call me crazy, but I didn't expect
> that.
>
> In the webpage for Slides/Presentations in the Context wiki, there is
> no complete, working template for a presentation with slides. Sure,
> people may want to customize everything, but I would guess 90% of
> presentation have a title and an author, lists and pictures. It would
> be very helpful to have such a template (as basic as possible, with
> those four components). And a template like this would be a great
> starting point for people like me, that want to migrate at least part
> of their work to ConTeXt (I've had a very positive experience writing
> problem sets already), and do that by doing real work, under a time
> constraint, instead of setting time aside to learn everything writing
> down examples, etc. (which is great, but takes longer) That kind of
> audience needs a quick solution, and then references to
> customizations. The references for customizations exist; the quick
> solutions (templates go a long way in this case), no. And I think the
> additional cost of doing that is minimal.
>
> Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title,
> author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go
> and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping
> there would be something already done for very simple slides.
>
> Best,
>
> Guilherme
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Guilherme P. de Freitas
> <guilherme@gpfreitas.com> wrote:
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> I did take a look at simple slides, and in their documentation, there
>> is no "plain" background. All the backgrounds have some shape/color to
>> it. That may be possible, but I couldn't tell just by spending 3-4 min
>> skimming the documentation. As it is something very natural to want (a
>> plain background), I assumed that it was either not supported without
>> a hack, or too hard to figure out.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Guilherme
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz
>> <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I
>>>> need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to
>>>> one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain
>>>> background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you
>>>> need a more concrete example, here it is:
>>>>
>>>> http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf
>>>>
>>>> It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a
>>>> paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using
>>>> my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote
>>>> (which is otherwise very nice).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Guilherme
>>>>
>>> You could do worse than taking a look at simpleslides:
>>> http://modules.contextgarden.net/simpleslides The name really says it all...
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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>>> the Wiki!
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>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Guilherme P. de Freitas
>> http://www.gpfreitas.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Guilherme P. de Freitas
> http://www.gpfreitas.com
>



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Re: Simplest slides

[Guilherme P. de Freitas]

> you can also roll out your own style ... the s-pre-*.tex files have some
> examples (some styles can be run with --mode=demo)
>
> Hans

Hi Hans, thanks for the help.

What are the "s-re-*.tex" files? Where are they?

By the way, I couldn't find any useful source code following the link
given in the Wiki as a reference for those that wanted "more":

http://www.pragma-ade.com/dir/general/sources/

There seem to be circular paths (you go to directory A, then B, then
C, then you are back at A), and I couldn't find source files for the
presentations.

Best,

Guilherme
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Re: Simplest slides

[Hans Hagen]

Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:
>> you can also roll out your own style ... the s-pre-*.tex files have some
>> examples (some styles can be run with --mode=demo)
>>
>> Hans
> 
> Hi Hans, thanks for the help.
> 
> What are the "s-re-*.tex" files? Where are they?

tex/context/base/s-pre-*.tex

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Re: Simplest slides

[luigi scarso]

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas <
guilherme@gpfreitas.com> wrote:

> In case I wasn't clear "That may be possible" refers to "Having a
> blank background may be possible".
>
> And I really don't want to sound ungrateful for all the great software
> available out there for free (by the way, I pay for software that
> helps me), but it is maybe the 4th time I decide to try to write down
> a set of slides using ConTeXt and I can't find a simple template with
> a plain background to download. Call me crazy, but I didn't expect
> that.
>
> In the webpage for Slides/Presentations in the Context wiki, there is
> no complete, working template for a presentation with slides. Sure,
> people may want to customize everything, but I would guess 90% of
> presentation have a title and an author, lists and pictures. It would
> be very helpful to have such a template (as basic as possible, with
> those four components). And a template like this would be a great
> starting point for people like me, that want to migrate at least part
> of their work to ConTeXt (I've had a very positive experience writing
> problem sets already), and do that by doing real work, under a time
> constraint, instead of setting time aside to learn everything writing
> down examples, etc. (which is great, but takes longer) That kind of
> audience needs a quick solution, and then references to
> customizations. The references for customizations exist; the quick
> solutions (templates go a long way in this case), no. And I think the
> additional cost of doing that is minimal.
>
> Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title,
> author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go
> and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping
> there would be something already done for very simple slides.
>
> Best,
>
>
Not in order of importance
*)simple slides
*) s-pre-*.tex
*) build your slide with layers

Please  consider this
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint

and this
www.dabeaz.com
His slide are really ok, cfr.
www.dabeaz.com/python/*GIL*.pdf

I think that every technical slides must be suitable for printing without
effort and with hight quality. So I prefear A5 paper , black and white, one
font for running text (CharisSIL actually) one font for listing
(Incosolata, actually)  and one for symbols (Unicode.otf, actually) .
They render well on screen and on paper: see
http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/slides/luigi-slides.pdf

For printing can be good A5 on A4 on top  (bottom half space for your notes)
or 2 A5 on A4 (more compact)

-- 
luigi

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Re: Simplest slides

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 19.10.2009 um 10:17 schrieb luigi scarso:

> Not in order of importance
> *)simple slides
> *) s-pre-*.tex
> *) build your slide with layers

*) write your own module ;)

Wolfgang

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Re: Simplest slides

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:

> It just occurred to me that a style was not a necessary thing, but an
> optional parameter, and that without it, the style would end up being
> "plain". That was the case, and therefore my problem is essentially
> solved. Thanks everybody, especially Thomas.
>
> Question: how do I get white text on black background? I tried
> adapting some commands from the Wiki, and that didn't work. Searching
> for the word "background" in the 'simple slides' documentation led me
> to information that was unrelated to what I wanted.

Normally, you can just say
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=color,backgroundcolor=black]

But simpleslides resets the page background on each page so you need to 
play nice with simpleslides

\usemodule[simpleslides]

\setupcolors[textcolor=white]

\startuseMPgraphic{simpleslides:MP:horizontal}
   StartPage ;
   fill Page withcolor black ;
   StopPage ;
\stopuseMPgraphic

\defineoverlay
   [simpleslides:background:horizontal]
   [\useMPgraphic{simpleslides:MP:horizontal}]

\defineoverlay
   [simpleslides:background:vertical]
   [\useMPgraphic{simpleslides:MP:horizontal}]

\defineoverlay
   [simpleslides:background:title]
   [\useMPgraphic{simpleslides:MP:horizontal}]

% Now for the rest of the presentation

\setupTitle
   [title={Presentation Title},
    author={F.~Author, S.~Another},
    date={Date / Occasion}]


\starttext

\placeTitle

\SlideTitle{A quote}

\input tufte

\stoptext


> For the sake of everybody out there wanting to use ConTeXt for their 
> presentations, it would be very nice to have a link for a complete 
> template, with title, author, a list and a picture in the Wiki. I 
> slightly modified the simplest example in 'simple slides' (taking away 
> the style, and including a list and a figure). It is available here:
>
> http://archive.gpfreitas.net/coursework/grad/caltech/year3/ss280/presentation1/pres-simple_slides.zip

Also see the detailed examples that come with simpleslides:

http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-simpleslides/doc/context/third/simpleslides/solutions/

Specifically, check the style-template file if you want to create your own 
template (i.e., want a style that is not part of the module)

Aditya
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Re: Simplest slides

[Guilherme P. de Freitas]

Well, thanks everybody for the invaluable help, these answers seem to
be enough for me to do my next slides with ConTeXt.

Best,

Guilherme

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Re: Simplest slides

[R. Bastian]

Hello,
 
I downloaded the files "generic*** etc" and tried to install (following
the 'simpleslides.pdf'); it seemed to succeed. But the compilation
'texexec generic ...tex' failed.

So I tried same tests:
------------------------------------------
rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ texexec generic-talk-15min-45min.tex
TeXExec | processing document 'generic-talk-15min-45min.tex'
TeXExec | no ctx file found
TeXExec | tex processing method: context
TeXExec | TeX run 1
TeXExec | writing option file generic-talk-15min-45min.top
TeXExec | using randomseed 822
TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 \write18 enabled.
 (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt
tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found.
fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'!
TeXExec | runtime: 0.040151
rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find . -name "cont-en.fmt"
rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "cont-en.fmt"
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/fc4b4b59a4904326c19d982f9a3c28fe/formats/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-linux-64/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt
rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "tcfmgr.map"
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map
rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "fmtutil.cnf"
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ sudo mktexlsr
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
-------------------------------------------------
Something is wrong ...

Can you help me ?
 
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Re: Simplest slides

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, R. Bastian wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I downloaded the files "generic*** etc" and tried to install (following
> the 'simpleslides.pdf'); it seemed to succeed. But the compilation
> 'texexec generic ...tex' failed.
>
> So I tried same tests:
> ------------------------------------------
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ texexec generic-talk-15min-45min.tex
> TeXExec | processing document 'generic-talk-15min-45min.tex'
> TeXExec | no ctx file found
> TeXExec | tex processing method: context
> TeXExec | TeX run 1
> TeXExec | writing option file generic-talk-15min-45min.top
> TeXExec | using randomseed 822
> TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
> TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> \write18 enabled.
> (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt
> tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found.
> fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
> I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'!
> TeXExec | runtime: 0.040151
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find . -name "cont-en.fmt"
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "cont-en.fmt"
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/fc4b4b59a4904326c19d982f9a3c28fe/formats/cont-en.fmt
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-linux-64/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "tcfmgr.map"
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "fmtutil.cnf"
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ sudo mktexlsr
> mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
> mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE...
> mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Done.
> -------------------------------------------------
> Something is wrong ...
>
> Can you help me ?

You need to make the context format. Try

fmtutil-sys cont-en

Or, since you already have the xetex and the luatex formats, you can use

context generic-talk*.tex

or

texexec --xetex generic-talk*.tex


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Re: Simplest slides

[R. Bastian]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> scribit:

> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, R. Bastian wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I downloaded the files "generic*** etc" and tried to install (following
> > the 'simpleslides.pdf'); it seemed to succeed. But the compilation
> > 'texexec generic ...tex' failed.
> >
> > So I tried same tests:
> > ------------------------------------------
> > rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ texexec generic-talk-15min-45min.tex
> > TeXExec | processing document 'generic-talk-15min-45min.tex'
> > TeXExec | no ctx file found
> > TeXExec | tex processing method: context
> > TeXExec | TeX run 1
> > TeXExec | writing option file generic-talk-15min-45min.top
> > TeXExec | using randomseed 822
> > TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
> > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
> > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> > \write18 enabled.
> > (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx)
> > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt
> > tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found.
> > fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
> > I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'!
> > TeXExec | runtime: 0.040151
> > rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find . -name "cont-en.fmt"
> > rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "cont-en.fmt"
> > /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/fc4b4b59a4904326c19d982f9a3c28fe/formats/cont-en.fmt
> > /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-linux-64/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt
> > rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "tcfmgr.map"
> > /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map
> > rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "fmtutil.cnf"
> > /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> > /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> > rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ sudo mktexlsr
> > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
> > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE...
> > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
> > mktexlsr: Done.
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > Something is wrong ...
> >
> > Can you help me ?
> 
> You need to make the context format. Try
> 
> fmtutil-sys cont-en

rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context$ fmtutil-sys cont-fr
fmtutil: fmtutil: unknown option `cont-fr'. Try fmtutil --help for help.

> 
> Or, since you already have the xetex and the luatex formats, you can use
> 
> context generic-talk*.tex
> 
> or
> 
> texexec --xetex generic-talk*.tex

rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context$ texexec --xetex generic-talk*.tex
TeXExec | processing document 'generic-talk*.tex'
TeXExec | no ctx file found
TeXExec | nothing to process
TeXExec | runtime: 0.008959

I use mkII mnimals (from 2007, but installed 2009.05). I will
reinstall soon.

> 
> 
> Aditya
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Re: Simplest slides

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, R. Bastian wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
> Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> scribit:
>
>>> Something is wrong ...
>>>
>>> Can you help me ?
>>
>> You need to make the context format. Try
>>
>> fmtutil-sys cont-en
>
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context$ fmtutil-sys cont-fr
> fmtutil: fmtutil: unknown option `cont-fr'. Try fmtutil --help for help.

fmtutil-sys cont-en (not cont-fr). I don't know what is the right way to 
make the cont-fr format in TL. If that fails you can also try

texexec --make --all
>>
>> Or, since you already have the xetex and the luatex formats, you can use
>>
>> context generic-talk*.tex
>>
>> or
>>
>> texexec --xetex generic-talk*.tex
>
> rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context$ texexec --xetex generic-talk*.tex
> TeXExec | processing document 'generic-talk*.tex'
> TeXExec | no ctx file found
> TeXExec | nothing to process
> TeXExec | runtime: 0.008959

Sorry, I was being lazy and assumed that your shell will expand the *. 
Aparantly it did not. What I meant was

texexec --xetex  generic-talk-15min-45min.tex

Aditya
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Re: Simplest slides

[Hans Hagen]

Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> fmtutil-sys cont-en (not cont-fr). I don't know what is the right way to 
> make the cont-fr format in TL. If that fails you can also try
> 
> texexec --make --all

texexec --make fr
context --make fr

Hans

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