From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/40498 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ctx usage Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:02:03 +0200 Message-ID: <4809ED4B.2070203@wxs.nl> References: <268010E0-1DFD-4B9A-9088-D865EA3C37F6@science.uva.nl> <48099742.6020803@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208626348 12218 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2008 17:32:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:32:28 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Apr 19 19:33:01 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JnCk0-0007y0-Mp for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:04:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F181FDCD; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:03:47 +0200 (CEST) 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 21892-02-2; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:03:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B95041FD8C; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:03:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CCA1FD7E for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:03:03 +0200 (CEST) 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 17906-02-35 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:02:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 884D61FD8E for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:02:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 372 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:02:26 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) In-Reply-To: <48099742.6020803@elvenkind.com> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:40498 Archived-At: Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hans van der Meer wrote: >> I am an ignoramus I know, but running context starts with the message: >> TeXExec | no ctx file found harmless message; we use ctx file in our projects, so there the message is handy; by using ctxfiles one can simplify command lines; some of the functionality now present in texexec (--pdf*) will move to ctxfiles >> It seems quite normal because the "first document" on the wiki also >> shows this message. >> I searched the wiki in vain through "ctx" and ".ctx" for an >> explanation of its purpose. Can someone point me to that info? > > Ctx files are optional, and contain commands for preprocessing > sources (like running xsltproc). The relevant manual: > > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf > > I must say I have never (knowingly) used one. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________