* First time user trying to get Context to work
@ 2009-07-13 7:32 Harrie Frericks
2009-07-13 8:02 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Harrie Frericks @ 2009-07-13 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
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This is my first post to the list. I'm a first time user and I'm very eager
to give Context a try. However, so far I've been unable to get Context to
work properly. Maybe someone can help. I'm using a standard Windows PC
running XP SP2. I'm using the minimals version. There are no other Tex
related packages on my system.
Problem 1 (solved):
Ruby error: no such file to load ubygems
Solution: this error is caused by the environment variable RUBYOPT. When it
is set, it is usually set to -rubygems. Unsetting this variable solves the
problem.
Suggestion: when running first-setup.bat this error is produced on the very
first line. However, since there is a lot of text scrolling down the screen
this error is easily overlooked. It may be a good idea to unset the RUBYOPT
variable in this .bat file. It may also be a good idea to unset (and
probably reset) this variable in the texexec.bat file before texlua is
called.
Problem 2 (not-solved)
I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'!
I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the
problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
TexExec | using tex engine pdftex
TexExec | using tex format path ./pdftex
TexExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions
TexExec | using mp engine mpost
TexExec | using mps format path .
TexExec | generating mps format metafun
I then did some debugging on the tex.rb file and found the error is
generated in the following piece of code starting at line 646:
if texformats && texengine then
report("using tex engine #{texengine}")
texformatpath = if getvariable('local') then '.' else
Kpse.formatpath(texengine,true) end
# can be empty, to do
report("using tex format path #{texformatpath}")
Dir.chdir(texformatpath) rescue false
if FileTest.writable?(texformatpath) then
The last if fails and generates the error on line 679. I then checked for
file permissions in the c:\context directory tree and found no problems
there. My guess: the ./pdftex format path either doesn't exist or can't be
found by tex.rb and this generates the error. The ruby scripts of Context
are too large to do a full debug. I simply do not have the time for that.
So, after several hours of hacking I hope someone can solve this problem, so
I can finally give Context a try.
Regards,
Harrie Frericks
The Netherlands
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2009-07-13 7:32 First time user trying to get Context to work Harrie Frericks
@ 2009-07-13 8:02 ` Hans Hagen
2009-07-13 8:11 ` Harrie Frericks
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2009-07-13 8:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Harrie Frericks wrote:
> Suggestion: when running first-setup.bat this error is produced on the very
> first line. However, since there is a lot of text scrolling down the screen
> this error is easily overlooked. It may be a good idea to unset the RUBYOPT
> variable in this .bat file. It may also be a good idea to unset (and
> probably reset) this variable in the texexec.bat file before texlua is
> called.
ok, another option is to do this in mtx-context.lua as that one can also
start texexec, like:
if texexec ~= "" then
os.setenv("RUBYOPT","")
local command = string.format("ruby %s
%s",texexec,environment.reconstruct_commandline(environment.arguments_after))
os.exec(command)
end
so "context --pdftex ..." then should work
> Problem 2 (not-solved)
> I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'!
> I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the
> problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
Hans
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2009-07-13 8:02 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2009-07-13 8:11 ` Harrie Frericks
2009-07-13 8:22 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Harrie Frericks @ 2009-07-13 8:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
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>
> Problem 2 (not-solved)
>> I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file
>> `cont-en.fmt'!
>> I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve
>> the
>> problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
>>
>
> did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
>
> Hans
>
Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
Thanks, Harrie.
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* Re: First time user trying to get Context to work
2009-07-13 8:11 ` Harrie Frericks
@ 2009-07-13 8:22 ` Hans Hagen
2009-07-13 10:00 ` Harrie Frericks
2009-07-14 6:31 ` Harrie Frericks
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2009-07-13 8:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Harrie Frericks wrote:
>> Problem 2 (not-solved)
>>> I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file
>>> `cont-en.fmt'!
>>> I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve
>>> the
>>> problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
>>>
>> did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
>>
>> Hans
>>
>
> Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
the ./pdftex suggests that your env vars are not set up; on unix make
sure that you run
. setuptex
(with period)
Hans
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2009-07-13 8:22 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2009-07-13 10:00 ` Harrie Frericks
2009-07-14 6:31 ` Harrie Frericks
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From: Harrie Frericks @ 2009-07-13 10:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
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I did some more debugging:
In the file kpse.rb I entered an exception object after line 274, like this:
unless done then
formatpaths.each do |fp|
fpp = fp.sub(/#{engine}\/*$/o,'')
begin
FileUtils.makedirs(fpp)
rescue => excobj
puts "#{excobj.class}:
#{excobj.message}" # false # maybe we don't have an path yet
end
if FileTest.directory?(fpp) &&
FileTest.writable?(fpp) then
# use this path
This generates the following output when running texexec --make --all
TeXExex | using tex engine pdftex
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory -
c:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdftex:c:
TeXExex | using tex format path ./pdftex
TeXExex | unable to make format due to lack of permissions
TeXExex | using mp engine mpost
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory -
c:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/:c:
TeXExex | using mps format path
Does this help in solving this problem?
Thanks,
Harrie
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> Harrie Frericks wrote:
>
>> Problem 2 (not-solved)
>>>
>>>> I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file
>>>> `cont-en.fmt'!
>>>> I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve
>>>> the
>>>> problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
>>>>
>>>> did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
>>
>
>
> the ./pdftex suggests that your env vars are not set up; on unix make sure
> that you run
>
> . setuptex
>
> (with period)
>
>
> Hans
>
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2009-07-13 8:22 ` Hans Hagen
2009-07-13 10:00 ` Harrie Frericks
@ 2009-07-14 6:31 ` Harrie Frericks
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From: Harrie Frericks @ 2009-07-14 6:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
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The problem has been solved. It turned out Ruby is installed twice on my
computer. One is the regular download from www.ruby-lang.org, the other one
came with cygwin (which I wasn't aware of). The cygwin path string was
before the c:\ruby path string. When I moved the c:\ruby path before the
cygwin path Context worked correctly.
And this took me a full day of hacking. Sigh.
Thanks for all your help.
Harrie.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> Harrie Frericks wrote:
>
>> Problem 2 (not-solved)
>>>
>>>> I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file
>>>> `cont-en.fmt'!
>>>> I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve
>>>> the
>>>> problem. The problem is located in this part of the output:
>>>>
>>>> did you run 'setuptex' in the tex path first?
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, I did. It makes no difference.
>>
>
>
> the ./pdftex suggests that your env vars are not set up; on unix make sure
> that you run
>
> . setuptex
>
> (with period)
>
>
> Hans
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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> Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
> tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
> | www.pragma-pod.nl
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 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
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> archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
> wiki : http://contextgarden.net
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>
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