Re: Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

[Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu>]

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Mocja---I will start with the second proposal and save the first for  
tomorrow.

On Sep 1, 2008, at 17;38,50 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu>  
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>>>> On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For setting HOMETEXMF you can help yourself, though it would be  
>>>> nice
>>>> if we provided a solution that worked out of the box. But I would
>>>> like
>>>> to get a confirmation from Hans that it's OK to do that.
>>>>
>>>> I have modified the texmf.cnf in
>>>> ./Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf/web2c with the lines
>>>> export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf
>>>> export
>>>> TEXMF='{$TEXMFHOME,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!!
>>>> $TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}'
>>>> but ConTeXt still does not find my personal texmf folder
>>>
>>> I probably told you wrong, but:
>>> 1.) you have HOMETEXMF first and then TEXMFHOME: these need to be
>>> equal
>>> 2.) unless you are following (3), don't modify the file in texmf/,
>>> but create
>>> /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf
>>> instead, else the file will be overwritten at first update
>>> 3.) even then I'm not completely sure, but I guess that  
>>> environmental
>>> variables override settings in texmf.cnf, so you either need to
>>> a) modify setuptex (rename it and run the renamed file instead of
>>> setuptex)
>>> b) only export PATH and not run setuptex at all; in that case values
>>> from texmf.cnf will be used
>>> - maybe you need to run "mktexlsr" or "luatools --generate"
>>>>
>>
>> OK. One quick reply just to see if I am on track.
>>
>> I have created /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-local/web2c/
>> texmf.cnf
>> where texmf.cnf now has
>> export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf
>> export TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!!
>
> (hopefully the line continues ...)
>
> The lines you have written here belong to "setuptex", not to
> texmf.cnf. The syntax for setuptex is slightly different.
>
> HOMETEXMF     = ~/Library/texmf
> # single line
> TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!! 
> $TEXMFCONTEXT,!!$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
>
> But try putting
>   export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf
> # single line
>   export TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!! 
> $TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}'
>
> into setuptex (replace the old variables). The problem is that if you
> adapt texmf.cnf only, you still override those settings with setuptex.
>
> There is one thing that you could try (I never use TeXShop, but
> there's a change that it works):
>
>
> ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-pdfTeX.engine
>
> #!/bin/bash
> export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel:$PATH
> texexec "$1"

Done. The “Hello world” file processes but using my texlive 2007  
distribution.
TeXExec | processing document 'hello.tex'
TeXExec | no ctx file found
TeXExec | tex processing method: context
TeXExec | TeX run 1
TeXExec | writing option file hello.top
TeXExec | using randomseed 780
TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
  %&-line parsing enabled.
  (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./hello.tex

ConTeXt  ver: 2008.08.04 10:10 MKII  fmt: 2008.8.31  int: english/ 
english

> ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-luaTeX.engine
>
> #!/bin/bash
> export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel:$PATH
> export TEXMFCACHE=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache
> context "$1"

Done. No joy. ConTeXt complains:
/Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-luaTeX.engine: line  
4: context: command not found

> ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-XeTeX.engine
>
> #!/bin/bash
> export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel:$PATH
> texexec --xtx "$1"

Done. I t works, but
TeXExec | processing document 'hello.tex'
TeXExec | no ctx file found
TeXExec | tex processing method: context
TeXExec | TeX run 1
TeXExec | writing option file hello.top
TeXExec | using randomseed 403
TeXExec | tex engine: xetex
TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6)
  %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(./hello.tex

ConTeXt  ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII  fmt: 2007.5.18  int: english/ 
english

seems odd. I do not use XeTeX but I am guessing that this version is  
also in my Texlive 2007 distribution too.

I do like the idea of defining different engines for pdftex and  
luatex, since it address one of my earlier queries about switching  
between the two with the minimals.

More tomorrow.

Warm thanks. Alan

> (sorry for two different proposals - I should probably only send you a
> single one)
>
> Mojca
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