From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55861 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Context and Windows7 Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:12:12 +0100 Message-ID: <4B66C51C.3060507@wxs.nl> References: <4B66C046.9000106@gmail.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"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265026384 1410 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2010 12:13:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:13:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Keith McKay To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Feb 01 13:13:01 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nbv9I-0008Ea-B4 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:13:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67188C9C67; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:13:48 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id X+-ehs2Ziht5; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:13:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B57C9C04; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:13:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32D8AC9C04 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:13:16 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id m1dbcwuTBG2z for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:13:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39BC0C9BB9 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:13:05 +0100 (CET) X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.100; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-9 (SurgeMail 4.2d2) with ESMTP id 1788-1713362 for multiple; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:11:55 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.1 In-Reply-To: <4B66C046.9000106@gmail.com> X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:55861 Archived-At: 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________