From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5412 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re[4]: New Beta Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:46:46 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20010826204217.023b1768@serv30.happysite.net> References: <1564885391.20010825110910@bigfoot.com> <3.0.5.32.20010824091417.0087da10@mail.northcoast.com> <3.0.5.32.20010824091417.0087da10@mail.northcoast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035396001 1428 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:00:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:00:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Giuseppe Bilotta , ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: David Arnold In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010825105127.008afe00@mail.northcoast.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5412 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5412 At 10:51 AM 8/25/2001 -0700, David Arnold wrote: >However, we probably should be thinking of the users that are new to >Context and Miktex and making the transition away from word processors such >as Word as painless as possible. And, right now, the Context installation >is not error free in the Miktex distribution. i will change whatever is needed, but need clear specs for that, otherwise we end up in an add/remove loop; we should also assume the latest miktex; i assume that both of you can work that out. btw, there is a --setfile switch in texexec, that you can use to process a dos-like batch file with set var=val lines; that way, you can for instance set up winedt on win2k : texexec --setfile=prepare.bat ..... >I wonder: doesn't the MiKTeX-prodived epstopdf do the same? that uses GS, while mptopdf uses tex and thereby produces small files with the fonts properly embedded; since mptopdf is a simple plain based format, it also runs fast. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------