Re: ConTeXt problem on Mac mini

["Mojca Miklavec" <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>]

A notice for Hans: can you please browse down for
\externalfigure[\jobname-something.tmp]

The thing with \AR versus \FR & \LR and table header & footer handling
might also be misfeatures, esp. if they have already worked before (I
never used them).

On 9/15/06, Bernd Militzer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have problems with ConTeXt on my Mac mini (intel-platform).
>
> My "family" project compiles perfect on my linux-machine and on my
> PowerBook G4

The table causes problems here as well, so it's certainly not machine-specific.

> I use  TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
>
>               texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
>               texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
>                   tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
>               context : ver: 2005.01.31
>
> but not  Mac mini (intel-platform)
>
> I installed ConTeXt with Gerbens i-installer and have here version
> TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD
>
> running   texexec --check
> TeXExec | current distribution: web2c
> TeXExec | context source date: 2006.09.11 00:42
> TeXExec | format path: . /Users/bmi/Library/texmf/web2c
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/web2c
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c
> TeXExec | start of analysis
> /usr/local/teTex/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:17:
> command not found: texmfstart texexec --help
> /usr/local/teTex/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:17:
> command not found: texmfstart texutil --help
> /usr/local/teTex/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:17:
> command not found: texmfstart ctxtools --help
> TeXExec | end of analysis
>
> running texexec --pdf TestFile1.tex
>
>
> ! Misplaced \noalign.
> \TABLEnoalign ->\noalign
>                         \bgroup \let \noalign \relax \let \next =
> \insertTABLEtail ->\TABLEnoalign
>                                 {\global \settrue \preventTABLEbreak
> \globa...
>
> \stoptables ...erepeattail \else \insertTABLEtail
>                                                  \fi \finishTABLE
> \egroup \...
>
> \stopListeR ->\stoptables
>                          \stop
> l.8 \stopListeR
>               ?

Same error here, even with MikTeX with 20060822. Perhaps an error in
macro (either in yours or in Hans's; how old are the other
distributions where your file compiles OK)?

> after that I changed in my table-macro
> first row: \NC\AR to \NC\FR
> last row: : \NC\AR to \NC\LR

That is (or at least should be?) only formatting issue. At least I
thought so. I have no idea why replacing \AR with \FR/\LR fixes the
problem.

> running texexec --pdf TestFile2.tex

You didn't attach it, but I also needed to make  a small change in
your file to make it work:

comment this line:
%\def\StopPersDatTab{\stoptables\stop}

uncomment this one:
\def\StopPersDatTab{\NC\use{2}\ReFormat[l]{}\NC\LR\stoptables\stop}

> I get no error, but
> 1. placetable ... \externalfigure[buffername.tmp]      does not work
>    getbuffer produce the table

I always thought that only \externalfigure[\jobname-buffername.tmp]
works properly. But then I figured out that in my MikTeX distribution
\externalfigure[buffername.tmp] works and
\externalfigure[\jobname-buffername.tmp] doesn't and in the standalone
with latest beta it's exactly vice-versa. Seems like partially
backward-compatibility problem in either case. Hans?

> Is it an installation problem?

Bear in mind that you have the latest beta installed on your Mac and
probably some older distros on other computers (but that should not
make that much difference; if it does, it's a bug). If there's
something about installation: well, it would be nice if you managed to
enable "texmfstart" (but it should work without that as well). Apart
from that probably nothing worth mentioning.

Mojca