* Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac @ 2009-01-21 20:09 David Rogers 2009-01-21 20:43 ` Otared Kavian 2009-01-21 22:20 ` Mojca Miklavec 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: David Rogers @ 2009-01-21 20:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context 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? Grateful for any advice... David ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac 2009-01-21 20:09 Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac David Rogers @ 2009-01-21 20:43 ` Otared Kavian 2009-01-21 22:20 ` Mojca Miklavec 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Otared Kavian @ 2009-01-21 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Hi David, I did a clean install of the Minimals on a Mac and have written the steps I followed in a file install-minimal-ok.tex which can be found on http://www.kavian.fr/tex/ I hope this will be helpful. Best regards: OK On 21 janv. 09, at 21:09, 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? > > Grateful for any advice... > David > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Otared Kavian Département de Mathématiques Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin Bâtiment Fermat 45 aveue des Etats Unis 78035 Versailles cedex Téléphone: +33 1 39 25 46 42 Secrétariat: +33 1 39 25 46 44 Secrétariat: +33 1 39 25 46 46 e-mail: Otared.Kavian@math.uvsq.fr ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac 2009-01-21 20:09 Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac David Rogers 2009-01-21 20:43 ` Otared Kavian @ 2009-01-21 22:20 ` Mojca Miklavec 2009-01-22 13:05 ` Andrea Valle 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2009-01-21 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac 2009-01-21 22:20 ` Mojca Miklavec @ 2009-01-22 13:05 ` Andrea Valle 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Andrea Valle @ 2009-01-22 13:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3096 bytes --] Hi, I've MacTeX + Minimals. I use minimals with Smultron. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation Best -a- On 21 Jan 2009, at 23:20, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > 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 > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle@unito.it -------------------------------------------------- "The objectives of SuperCollider have been taken a stage further with the development of SAOL, the fruits of a research project based at MIT, launched in 1998" (P. Manning, Electronic and Computer Music, revised and expanded edition, 2004) [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 13863 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 487 bytes --] ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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