From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/28821 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Moore Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Newbie questions Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:52:27 -0700 Message-ID: <82EF147D-62D7-43D1-AE93-2EA84CA10A88@pomona.edu> References: <6faad9f00606240857s79598513yed4454e4dfb26565@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151167949 5301 80.91.229.2 (24 Jun 2006 16:52:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:52:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 24 18:52:28 2006 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 ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuBMu-0004cg-8z for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2193F12881; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:24 +0200 (CEST) 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 28028-02; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4F81287D; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E33B1287D for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:18 +0200 (CEST) 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 27475-05-3 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from iron1.pomona.edu (iron1.pomona.edu [134.173.71.136]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id B030C12870 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:52:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from exchange1.campus.pomona.edu (HELO mail.pomona.edu) ([134.173.71.128]) by iron1.pomona.edu with ESMTP; 24 Jun 2006 09:52:15 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,172,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="1795224:sNHT20157662" Original-Received: from frontend1.campus.pomona.edu ([134.173.71.134]) by mail.pomona.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:52:06 -0700 Original-Received: from [134.173.70.3] ([134.173.70.3]) by frontend1.campus.pomona.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:52:06 -0700 In-Reply-To: <6faad9f00606240857s79598513yed4454e4dfb26565@mail.gmail.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jun 2006 16:52:06.0624 (UTC) FILETIME=[86AD3600:01C697AE] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:28821 Archived-At: Dear Mojca: >> ...it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents? I was >> unable to find instructions in the ConTexT garden for this, and what >> I could find on the archives was not helpful (something about >> "running mktexlsr" and/or "texhash" that I have don't know how to do >> in OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for >> fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). > > You can put the file to any location where TeX can find it. For > example if the file context.tex is located under > [somepath]/texmf[-local]/tex/context/base/context.tex > you might put the file to > [somepath]/texmf[-local]/tex/context/third/t-amsl.tex > (but basically any location under "texmf" would do). > > ... and then run mktexlsr without any additinal arguments. > > You cannot screw up your TeX distribution by running mktexlsr or > texhash: they're only meant to refresh the database (to know which > file is where). Either of the commands should be present on your > distribution I believe (most probably mktxlsr). > > Mojca Thanks. The previous response on the list solved this particular problem, but for future reference, how do I "run" mktexlsr? from the OS X Terminal? I have never used that before, so I would need pretty basic instructions (e.g. would I have tell the Terminal where to find "mktexlsr"?). I appreciate your help! Tom