generating formats with newtexexec

generating formats with newtexexec

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

I'm having a slight problem with generating the formats when I use  
newtexexec.

texmfstart newtexexec --make --all

I get the expected output without any errors, e.g.:

ConTeXt  ver: 2006.04.18 22:36  fmt: 2006.4.19  int: english  mes:  
english

Beginning to dump on file cont-en.fmt
(format=cont-en 2006.4.19)
41222 strings of total length 690675
555192 memory locations dumped; current usage is 255&551843
38558 multiletter control sequences
\font\nullfont=nullfont
0 words of font info for 0 preloaded fonts
232 hyphenation exceptions
Hyphenation trie of length 98729 has 4367 ops out of 35111
   117 for language 37
   31 for language 36
   13 for language 34
   31 for language 33
   26 for language 32
   21 for language 31
   29 for language 30
   207 for language 29
   220 for language 28
   265 for language 27
   127 for language 26
   60 for language 25
   80 for language 24
   181 for language 23
   224 for language 22
   181 for language 21
   71 for language 19
   248 for language 18
   248 for language 17
   63 for language 16
   63 for language 15
   194 for language 14
   194 for language 13
   194 for language 12
   19 for language 11
   7 for language 10
   7 for language 9
   35 for language 8
   35 for language 7
   235 for language 6
   235 for language 5
   88 for language 4
   88 for language 3
   265 for language 2
   265 for language 1
No pages of output.
Transcript written on cont-en.log.

But cont-en.fmt is never actually written to the disk. I searched  
high and low, but the only cont-en.fmt is the "old" one, written on  
Apr. 17; the same for cont-en.log. Generating the formats with  
texexec --make --all works. Is there anything I'm missing?

Best

Thomas

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Taco Hoekwater]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> I'm having a slight problem with generating the formats when I use  
> newtexexec.
> 
> texmfstart newtexexec --make --all

Try

   texmfstart newtexexec --verbose --make --all

It should report something like at the end

   TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 09:23:30 > 
/home/taco/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt


Cheers, taco

> But cont-en.fmt is never actually written to the disk. I searched  
> high and low, but the only cont-en.fmt is the "old" one, written on  
> Apr. 17; the same for cont-en.log. Generating the formats with  
> texexec --make --all works. Is there anything I'm missing?

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Hans Hagen]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> I'm having a slight problem with generating the formats when I use  
> newtexexec.
>
> texmfstart newtexexec --make --all
>
> I get the expected output without any errors, e.g.:
>
> ConTeXt  ver: 2006.04.18 22:36  fmt: 2006.4.19  int: english  mes:  
> english
>
> Beginning to dump on file cont-en.fmt
> (format=cont-en 2006.4.19)
> 41222 strings of total length 690675
> 555192 memory locations dumped; current usage is 255&551843
> 38558 multiletter control sequences
> \font\nullfont=nullfont
> 0 words of font info for 0 preloaded fonts
> 232 hyphenation exceptions
> Hyphenation trie of length 98729 has 4367 ops out of 35111
>    117 for language 37
>    31 for language 36
>    13 for language 34
>    31 for language 33
>    26 for language 32
>    21 for language 31
>    29 for language 30
>    207 for language 29
>    220 for language 28
>    265 for language 27
>    127 for language 26
>    60 for language 25
>    80 for language 24
>    181 for language 23
>    224 for language 22
>    181 for language 21
>    71 for language 19
>    248 for language 18
>    248 for language 17
>    63 for language 16
>    63 for language 15
>    194 for language 14
>    194 for language 13
>    194 for language 12
>    19 for language 11
>    7 for language 10
>    7 for language 9
>    35 for language 8
>    35 for language 7
>    235 for language 6
>    235 for language 5
>    88 for language 4
>    88 for language 3
>    265 for language 2
>    265 for language 1
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on cont-en.log.
>
> But cont-en.fmt is never actually written to the disk. I searched  
> high and low, but the only cont-en.fmt is the "old" one, written on  
> Apr. 17; the same for cont-en.log. Generating the formats with  
> texexec --make --all works. Is there anything I'm missing?
>
>   
Don't you get a report saying something like:

TeXExec | tex engine path: c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex
TeXExec | mps engine path: c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c
TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:38:03 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-cz.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:37:38 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-de.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 10:52:56 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:37:51 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-fr.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:38:30 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-it.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 10:53:08 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:38:16 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-ro.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 09/06/2005 02:41:25 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/latex.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 10:53:09 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 09/06/2005 02:16:52 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/plain.fmt
TeXExec | mpsformat: 20/04/2006 10:53:11 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/metafun.mem
TeXExec | mpsformat: 09/06/2005 02:16:54 > c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/plain.mem
TeXExec | runtime: 28.911

remove old instances in the web2c path! 

Hans 


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Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Taco, Hans,

ran it again with --verbose. What I get in the end is:

TeXExec | tex engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ 
teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// 
share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c// 
pdfetex
TeXExec | mps engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ 
teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// 
share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c
TeXExec | mpsformat: 20/04/2006 09:59:07 > /Users/tas/.:/Users/tas/ 
texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/ 
local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/ 
texmf-dist/web2c/pdfetex/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/ 
web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/metafun.mem
TeXExec | runtime: 24.493336
TeXExec | option 'verbose' is set to 'true'
TeXExec | option 'mainlanguage' is set to 'standard'
TeXExec | option 'bodyfont' is set to 'standard'
TeXExec | option 'language' is set to 'all'
TeXExec | option 'engine' is set to 'standard'
TeXExec | option 'distribution' is set to 'web2c'
TeXExec | option 'texformats' is set to 'ennlmptopdf'
TeXExec | option 'mpsformats' is set to 'metafun'
TeXExec | option 'progname' is set to 'context'
TeXExec | option 'interface' is set to 'standard'
TeXExec | option 'runs' is set to '8'
TeXExec | option 'backend' is set to 'standard'
paths   : mpost -> .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/ 
texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c
paths   : pdfetex -> .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/ 
texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c//pdfetex

But AFAICS, no format file is written to the disk.

Thomas

On Apr 20, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

>>
>>
> Don't you get a report saying something like:
>
> TeXExec | tex engine path: c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/ 
> pdfetex
> TeXExec | mps engine path: c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c
> TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:38:03 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-cz.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:37:38 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-de.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 10:52:56 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:37:51 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-fr.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:38:30 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-it.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 10:53:08 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 18/04/2006 23:38:16 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-ro.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 09/06/2005 02:41:25 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/latex.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 20/04/2006 10:53:09 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 09/06/2005 02:16:52 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/plain.fmt
> TeXExec | mpsformat: 20/04/2006 10:53:11 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/metafun.mem
> TeXExec | mpsformat: 09/06/2005 02:16:54 > c:/data/develop/tex/ 
> texmf-mswin/web2c/plain.mem
> TeXExec | runtime: 28.911
>
> remove old instances in the web2c path!
>
> Hans
>
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Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Hans Hagen]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Taco, Hans,
>
> ran it again with --verbose. What I get in the end is:
>
> TeXExec | tex engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ 
> teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// 
> share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c// 
> pdfetex
> TeXExec | mps engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ 
> teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// 
> share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c
> TeXExec | mpsformat: 20/04/2006 09:59:07 > /Users/tas/.:/Users/tas/ 
> texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/ 
> local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/ 
> texmf-dist/web2c/pdfetex/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
> share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/ 
> web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/metafun.mem
> TeXExec | runtime: 24.493336
> TeXExec | option 'verbose' is set to 'true'
> TeXExec | option 'mainlanguage' is set to 'standard'
> TeXExec | option 'bodyfont' is set to 'standard'
> TeXExec | option 'language' is set to 'all'
> TeXExec | option 'engine' is set to 'standard'
> TeXExec | option 'distribution' is set to 'web2c'
> TeXExec | option 'texformats' is set to 'ennlmptopdf'
> TeXExec | option 'mpsformats' is set to 'metafun'
> TeXExec | option 'progname' is set to 'context'
> TeXExec | option 'interface' is set to 'standard'
> TeXExec | option 'runs' is set to '8'
> TeXExec | option 'backend' is set to 'standard'
> paths   : mpost -> .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
> share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/ 
> texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c
> paths   : pdfetex -> .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
> share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/ 
> texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c//pdfetex
>
> But AFAICS, no format file is written to the disk.
>   
hm, maybe some split problem 

what does kpsewhich -show-path=fmt report? 

i'll send you a patched kpsefast.rb module for testing 

Hans 

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Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Apr 20, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

>>
> hm, maybe some split problem
>
> what does kpsewhich -show-path=fmt report?
>
> i'll send you a patched kpsefast.rb module for testing
>
> Hans
>

I'm really sorry I have to resurrect this old thread, but there is  
something terribly, fundamentally wrong with format generation in  
newtexexec. I just dlded the latest version and ran
texmfstart newtexexec --make --all
from within the directory where the format files should be written.  
After completion, I double-checked, and I did not get a new version  
or format file. I then searched my disk to see where format files had  
been written. Here's the result:

% locate cont-en.fmt
/Users/tas/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/ 
texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/ 
local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/ 
local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ 
share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/ 
pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/ 
usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/ 
web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt

This looks bizarre, and it is. What happened: instead of using the  
path descriptors as handed to it by kpsewhich, newtexexec CREATES the  
paths verbatim, so I now have a directory .:/Users/tas/texmf/ 
web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/ 
teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf- 
dist/web2c/pdfetex/ inside my Home directory and in other places of  
the disk. I hope the description is clear...

Best

Thomas

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Taco Hoekwater]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> 
>>hm, maybe some split problem
>>
>>what does kpsewhich -show-path=fmt report?
>>
>>i'll send you a patched kpsefast.rb module for testing
>>
>>Hans
>>
> 
> I'm really sorry I have to resurrect this old thread, but there is  
> something terribly, fundamentally wrong with format generation in  
> newtexexec. I just dlded the latest version and ran
> texmfstart newtexexec --make --all

That is absolutely bizarre! :(

So I also just downloaded the latest, just now, but I have no such
problem (sorry). I have run

  $ texmfstart newtexexec --make --all

after unpacking

   -rw-r--r--   1 taco taco 3484157 Apr 27 12:21 cont-tmf.zip

to /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local (as root)

That gave me the following (correct) files:

TeXExec | tex engine path: /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex
TeXExec | mps engine path: /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c
TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/2006 13:24:57 > 
/home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/2006 13:25:13 > 
/home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/2006 13:25:14 > 
/home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
TeXExec | mpsformat: 27/04/2006 13:25:15 > 
/home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/metafun.mem
TeXExec | mpsformat: 22/08/2005 19:25:45 > 
/home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/mpost.mem
TeXExec | runtime: 37.386391

and

   $ texmfstart newtexexec --check

now ends with:

TeXExec |
TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.1.2 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD
TeXExec | TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.2 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD
TeXExec |
TeXExec | testing interface en
TeXExec | pdfeTeX Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 00:58 fmt: 2006.4.27 int: english mes: 
english
TeXExec |
TeXExec | testing interface nl
TeXExec | pdfeTeX Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 00:58 fmt: 2006.4.27 int: dutch mes: dutch


Cheers, taco

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Willi Egger]

Hi,

Of course I am unable to give an answer. Yet I would like to mention, 
that also in the windows environment it does not work as expected. I 
found the format files in a
separate directory not in the web2c path. Everything worked after moving 
the folder into the correct place.

Willi

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

>On Apr 20, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>  
>
>>hm, maybe some split problem
>>
>>what does kpsewhich -show-path=fmt report?
>>
>>i'll send you a patched kpsefast.rb module for testing
>>
>>Hans
>>
>>    
>>
>
>I'm really sorry I have to resurrect this old thread, but there is  
>something terribly, fundamentally wrong with format generation in  
>newtexexec. I just dlded the latest version and ran
>texmfstart newtexexec --make --all
>from within the directory where the format files should be written.  
>After completion, I double-checked, and I did not get a new version  
>or format file. I then searched my disk to see where format files had  
>been written. Here's the result:
>
>% locate cont-en.fmt
>/Users/tas/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/ 
>texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/ 
>local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/ 
>local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ 
>share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/ 
>pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/ 
>usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
>share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/ 
>web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt
>
>This looks bizarre, and it is. What happened: instead of using the  
>path descriptors as handed to it by kpsewhich, newtexexec CREATES the  
>paths verbatim, so I now have a directory .:/Users/tas/texmf/ 
>web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/ 
>teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf- 
>dist/web2c/pdfetex/ inside my Home directory and in other places of  
>the disk. I hope the description is clear...
>
>Best
>
>Thomas
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Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>
> That is absolutely bizarre! :(
>
> So I also just downloaded the latest, just now, but I have no such
> problem (sorry). I have run
>
>   $ texmfstart newtexexec --make --all
>
> after unpacking
>
>    -rw-r--r--   1 taco taco 3484157 Apr 27 12:21 cont-tmf.zip
>
> to /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local (as root)
>
> That gave me the following (correct) files:
>
> TeXExec | tex engine path: /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex
> TeXExec | mps engine path: /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c
> TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/2006 13:24:57 >
> /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/2006 13:25:13 >
> /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
> TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/2006 13:25:14 >
> /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
> TeXExec | mpsformat: 27/04/2006 13:25:15 >
> /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/metafun.mem
> TeXExec | mpsformat: 22/08/2005 19:25:45 >
> /home/taco/.texmf-var/web2c/mpost.mem
> TeXExec | runtime: 37.386391
>
> and
>
>    $ texmfstart newtexexec --check
>
> now ends with:
>
> TeXExec |
> TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.1.2 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD
> TeXExec | TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
> TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.2 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD
> TeXExec |
> TeXExec | testing interface en
> TeXExec | pdfeTeX Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 00:58 fmt: 2006.4.27 int: english  
> mes:
> english
> TeXExec |
> TeXExec | testing interface nl
> TeXExec | pdfeTeX Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 00:58 fmt: 2006.4.27 int: dutch  
> mes: dutch
>
>
> Cheers, taco

Yes, I really wish I knew what causes this error. I just checked on  
my laptop running linux (Fedora Core 5), and I get the proper output  
as well:

TeXExec | tex engine path: ./pdfetex
TeXExec | mps engine path: .
TeXExec | texformat: 27/04/06 15:14:41 > /usr/share/texmf-config/ 
web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt

Which as as it should be [however, newtexexec --check does not  
perform alll tests as it should]. On Mac OS X, I get at the end:

TeXExec | tex engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ 
teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// 
share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c// 
pdfetex
TeXExec | mps engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ 
teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// 
share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c

I guess that means that it creates, in the working directory, a  
directory named : and then the other diretories beneath it. What can  
cause this error? I;m running the same pdfetex version on both  
(3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213-2.2). Could be some config file, could  
be the different TDS setup on both systems, could be that OS X is  
case insensitive? Could other people check on their computers as  
well, that would be helpful.

Thomas

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Taco Hoekwater]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Which as as it should be [however, newtexexec --check does not  
> perform alll tests as it should]. On Mac OS X, I get at the end:

Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on
Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing).


Taco

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on
> Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing).
>

Not very probable since OS X uses the same separator as linux/Unix, /

Thomas

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Taco Hoekwater]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> 
> 
>>Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on
>>Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing).
>>
> 
> 
> Not very probable since OS X uses the same separator as linux/Unix, /

I meant the "separate paths in env variables" one. Unix has ":" and
Windows has ";".

Cheers,
Taco

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Renaud AUBIN]

Hi,

Yet-another-report ;) :

I've installed mswincontext for the first time following the standalone
procedure three days ago. When I have generated formats with --make
--all, the format were put into "pdfetex/*". It works after moving
pdfetex into the right path manually (tex/texmf-mswin/web2c). At the
moment, I thought I have missed something, but I got it working... Now,
after reading the Willi's post, I feel that there is maybe a problem
with latest mswincontext...

Renaud

Willi Egger a écrit :

>Hi,
>
>Of course I am unable to give an answer. Yet I would like to mention, 
>that also in the windows environment it does not work as expected. I 
>found the format files in a
>separate directory not in the web2c path. Everything worked after moving 
>the folder into the correct place.
>
>Willi
>
>
>  
>

Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Hans Hagen]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>   
>> Which as as it should be [however, newtexexec --check does not  
>> perform alll tests as it should]. On Mac OS X, I get at the end:
>>     
>
> Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on
> Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing).
>
>   
there is indeed a buglet in there; i'll post a new version 

Hans 

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Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Hans Hagen]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>   
>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on
>>> Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing).
>>>
>>>       
>> Not very probable since OS X uses the same separator as linux/Unix, /
>>     
>
> I meant the "separate paths in env variables" one. Unix has ":" and
> Windows has ";".
>   
indeed, and the test i did was not robust (keep in mind that windows can have c: ; afaik tex live ships with ; as separator while tetex uses : 

last night i ran into it as well and implemented a different method of splitting 


Hans 

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Re: generating formats with newtexexec

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Excellent. Taco, thanks for joining in here!

Thomas

On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> there is indeed a buglet in there; i'll post a new version
>
> Hans
>