From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/46954 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mojca Miklavec Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:35 +0100 Message-ID: <6faad9f00901211420r3212b309rd2266a9b2047f9f4@mail.gmail.com> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232576538 20961 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2009 22:22:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:22:18 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jan 21 23:23:30 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LPlTt-0006vR-Rx for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:23:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0410E1FE28; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:22:10 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04496-02-2; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:21:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095621FC6A; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:21:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345FF1FC11 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:21:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04496-02 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6EFB1FC6A for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.191]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0LMKZ0n027441 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:35 +0100 Original-Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so2349522mue.4 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:20:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WLsg/v2jQzTOBWYrgjpR9Xo2LT6odpR11i2c+0X363s=; b=sTrw2EfK73nZvg8vTu77Bqr4NPJ415g8b7QYAT1frnrYXP73AenvbhrEA4zlNX6cth 9EI5h3Gs6+15cGG+4MdkhXWaXpDbi/RD5+nrSurUeP3/q95dE2TNTrm8V4QQXXTBo9BL +MLTvOiYfqQ3Vv6zz6dAzpJfOH69KdhP/YsEI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DdFlH2Loqhk39vSubZstq5UhdBnZLE6XSOXx2GLVYpdsbBLsA/6O0K6wKEe37W4bDQ IVTd2HbGzIi4GIXRtxDS5VZaUf31UENGM2lTvIuTVUoaCwQaLrfntzse0AMKw16iqTzI AkSs7pMrIVWHV6JZtr4lddPYL734EPB0S0RP8= Original-Received: by 10.223.105.72 with SMTP id s8mr564845fao.107.1232576435090; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:20:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.134.191; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 168801854 - 7eaf2d9fb216 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:46954 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:09 PM, David Rogers wrote: > Hello all > > I'm going to do a clean re-install of my machine (Tiger on PPC) soon, and > I'd like guidance on methods of installing ConTeXt. I assume that (a) TeX > Live 2008 with its tlmgr utility, or (b) ConTeXt minimals, are the two > realistic possibilities - is this correct? > > What I'd like: > > - A clear way of keeping ConTeXt mkiv usable and up to date with Hans's > latest version > > - An installation method that will continue to be maintained, and that is > expected to be used by the majority of ordinary users of ConTeXt in the > future > > > ...So should I go for TeX Live, or the minimals, or something else I don't > know about yet? I would suggest MacTeX 2008 + minimals. I have both, with manually slightly updated ConTeXt in MacTeX 2008. MacTeX is nice since it "always works" (includes LaTeX and dozens of fonts and other packages that might be missing in minimals) and you have a backup system in case that the "latest alpha" in minimals gets broken. I have this in ~/.bash_profile: #. context/tex/setuptex context/tex and I keep commenting/uncommenting it as needed (or just execute that line in bash). The nice thing about minimals is that it doesn't interfere with other TeX distributions, so you can have it installed in parallel and it doesn't take too much space when compared with TeX Live. You need some additional hacks to get the minimals working in gui applications. Oliver started writing an installer that could simplify matters a bit, but got stuck with some external bugs at some point and didn't publically release anything yet. Mojca ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________