Error messages with first attempts to use ConTeXt

Error messages with first attempts to use ConTeXt

[David Wooten]

Greetings all,

I'm a LaTeXer who is intrigued by ConTeXt. I'm running Mac OS 10.3, 
using Gerben Wierda's i-Installer, and have been receiving some error 
messages with my first attempts that a little searching-around haven't 
been clarified. Without the latest ConTeXt update from the i-Installer, 
for a file like:

\starttext
Hello there.
\stoptext

when run with texexec =

texexec Condy.tex

  TeXExec 5.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004

             executable : pdfetex
                 format : cont-en
              inputfile : Condy
                 output : standard
              interface : en
           current mode : none
                TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
  (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt
fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'.
Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt
fmtutil: no info for format `context'.
I can't find the format file `context.fmt'!

            return code : 256
               run time : 3 seconds

         total run time : 3 seconds

With the update, I get =

texexec Condy.tex

  TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004

             executable : pdfetex
                 format : cont-en
              inputfile : Condy
                 output : standard
              interface : en
           current mode : none
                TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
  (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)
output format initialized to DVI
entering extended mode
(./Condy.tex

ConTeXt  ver: 2001.11.13  fmt: 2005.2.5  int: english  mes: english

language       : language en is active
system         : cont-new loaded
(/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems        : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!
system (E-TEX) : [line 473] \ifcsname
)
system         : cont-old loaded
(/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading        : Context Old Macros
)
system         : cont-fil loaded
(/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading        : Context File Synonyms
)
bodyfont       : 12pt rm is loaded
language       : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 2-es-2 2-nl-2 
loaded
specials       : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
system         : Condy.top loaded
(./Condy.top
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \c!directory
                         ={/Users/wooten/}
\xprocesscommaitem #1,#2->\if ]#1
                                  \expandafter \gobbleoneargument \else 
\p!do...

\xdogetparameters #1]->\xprocesscommaitem #1,]
                                               ,\@relax@
\dosetupsystem [#1]->\getparameters [\??sv ][#1]
                                                 \setuprandomize 
[\@@svwillek...
l.3 \setupsystem[\c!directory={/Users/wooten/}]

—————

I'd appreciate any advice you can give, and perhaps I won't even have 
to eat crow ;)

David Wooten

Re: Error messages with first attempts to use ConTeXt

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hello David,

It looks like you have unpacked the updated files, but have not
regenerated the format files. I'm not sure how to do that under
OsX, but a linux user would type:
	
	$ su
	# texexec --make --all

Hope this helps.

Greetings, Taco

David Wooten wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 
> I'm a LaTeXer who is intrigued by ConTeXt. I'm running Mac OS 10.3, 
> using Gerben Wierda's i-Installer, and have been receiving some error 
> messages with my first attempts that a little searching-around haven't 
> been clarified. Without the latest ConTeXt update from the i-Installer, 
> for a file like:

Re: Error messages with first attempts to use ConTeXt

[Hans Hagen]

David Wooten wrote:

> texexec Condy.tex
> 
>  TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004
> 
>             executable : pdfetex
>                 format : cont-en
>              inputfile : Condy
>                 output : standard
>              interface : en
>           current mode : none
>                TeX run : 1

> <argument> \c!directory
>                         ={/Users/wooten/}

this is the result of the transition from low level dutch to low level english, 
it looks like your cont.sys.tex does not match the version of context; 
interestingly it looks like a new cont-sys and an old context;

is it possible to de-install and re-install?



Hans

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