From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26260 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:01:37 +0100 Message-ID: <440CB141.3060004@elvenkind.com> References: <20060306211742.GN21773@obiit.org> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141682343 23147 80.91.229.2 (6 Mar 2006 21:59:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:59:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Mar 06 22:59:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FGNjA-0008OV-7C for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:58:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0801412792; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:58:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15277-01-3; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:58:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A40512795; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:58:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759B112795 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:58:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15277-01-2 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:58:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from post-23.mail.nl.demon.net (post-23.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.193]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 6052C12792 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:58:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from boo.demon.nl ([82.161.175.147]:39612 helo=[192.168.1.3]) by post-23.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FGNj2-000JNI-Cr for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:58:45 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050215) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <20060306211742.GN21773@obiit.org> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:26260 Archived-At: frantisek holop wrote: > > the first step to upgrade context is: > > --\startquote--------------------------------------------------- > Fix texmf.cnf > --\stopquote---------------------------------------------------- > > i deliberately skipped this one, and the new context worked without it. > what does this precisely do? See the answer to #2, already posted > but it turned out that that this new line comes up anyway. could anyone comment on it? That line from texexec comes from paranoia in texexec, I think it is displayed always. > the next tip is to > > --\startquote--------------------------------------------------- > shell_escape = t > --\stopquote---------------------------------------------------- > > in the default openbsd package this line says: > > shell_escape = f > > what is the difference? and what is it for anyway? > some external execution of the legends are true? :) It allows tex to start programs on-the-fly. Most imprtantly metapost, for the creation of graphics. It works fine without, but with the 'f' setting, usually an extra tex run is needed, loosing you valuable time. Cheers, Taco