Re: distro info

[Andrea Valle <valle@di.unito.it>]

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The fact IMHO is that there's a potentially large base of ConTeXt  
users which are willing to learn the syntax but are scared about  
terminals, setting paths etc
(well, me too: knowing substantially nothing of unix I'm never  
comfortable with unix aspects of my system)
So, an installer is really welcome.

Best

-a-



On 11 Jun 2008, at 22:43, Jesse Alama wrote:

> I second Andrea's opinion -- I'm also looking forward to a
> straightforward way of updating ConTeXt and kin.  I'm comfortable with
>
>   ctxtools --updatecontext,
>
> but much less comfortable updating binaries and fonts, based on my
> experience screwing up my installation; a nice Mac OS X interface to
> deal with all these would be great.  How about allowing  
> installation of
> modules from http://modules.contextgarden.net, too?
>
> (I admit that there's probably a good deal of FUD here on my part and
> it's not as complicated as I think it is.  My guess, though, is  
> that I'm
> not alone.)
>
> Jesse
>
> Andrea Valle <valle@di.unito.it> writes:
>
>> Wow, much needed.
>> Looking forward to see it.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> -a-
>>
>> On 11 Jun 2008, at 18:05, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>>     On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Andrea Valle wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Oliver,
>>
>>         I've already assembled a working ConTeXt package based on  
>> the minimals
>>         that installs via the Apple installer. In other words, it  
>> will provide
>>         the same seamless installation experience to the user as  
>> known from
>>         the MacTeX package and, in fact, as known from any decent Mac
>>         software.
>>
>>         Fantastic. Exactly what I need. But will you include TeXShop?
>>
>>     You can use the existing TeXShop or any other editor. Besides  
>> that, in
>>     summer or autumn a new cross-platform editor by Jonathan Kew  
>> will be
>>     available.
>>
>>         Will the tex
>>         file system be local (i.e. separated from the usual  
>> locations) ?
>>
>>     You will be able to use PreferencePane to select whether you  
>> want to
>>     use MacTeX or ConTeXt minimals (and which version), and that  
>> will be
>>     done globally. /usr/texbin will be a symlink to binaries.
>>
>>     Mojca
>>      
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>> . noise [salt] is boring
>> . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring
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> -- 
> Jesse Alama (alama@stanford.edu)
>
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Andrea Valle
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"
Think of it as seasoning
. noise [salt] is boring
. F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring
. F(noise, blah) can be really tasty
"
(Ken Perlin on noise)






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