From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Keith McKay <mckaymeister@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Context and Windows7
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:12:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B66C51C.3060507@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B66C046.9000106@gmail.com>
On 1-2-2010 12:51, Keith McKay wrote:
> I want to install ConText on my Windows7 computer. I thought that it
> would be a good idea if I checked the mailing list archive first, to see
> if there had been any problems with Windows7. I didn't find any messages
> related to Windows7, but I don't know if this is a good or bad thing.
> There is 1 page on the wiki regarding a problem with the complete
> configuration of Context in Windows7 and Scite which a user has.
>
> I was going to go ahead and download the mswin zip file from the pragma
> web site, but, the zip file just seems to exist there now as the
> minimals distribution, rather than the 'big' distribution I had on my
> old computer (which has gone to that great scrap heap in the sky due to
> a catastrophic failure).
>
> So, I'm looking for advice before I go any further. Should I download
> the minimals and look into an editor other than Scite, which I never
> felt totally comfortable with anyway. Should I just go straight to
> luatex and MKIV? Are there other options available?
just install the minimals from contextgarden.net
i run vista myself and it works ok; i tested it with seven beta in a
virtual machine a while ago (no seven here now) and there were no problems
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-01 12:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-01 11:51 Keith McKay
2010-02-01 12:12 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2010-02-01 15:09 ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-02-01 19:59 ` Thomas Floeren
2010-02-02 8:42 ` Hans Hagen
2010-02-02 18:21 ` Keith McKay
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