I’ve also struggled with this before as you can see if you search the mailing list.

My question: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg97763.html

Wolfgang’s answer : https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg97775.html

We should probably change the wiki to make it clear that no inheritance of environments happens here.

Denis

Von: ntg-context <ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl> Im Auftrag von mastermind_ x
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Juni 2021 13:36
An: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Betreff: [NTG-context] Project structure: Specifying environment in component

Hello everyone,

I am creating a project of notes across different areas of mathematics I am studying and the structure looks like this:

env_notes.tex

project_notes.tex

geogroups/groups-prd_geometry-groups.tex

geogroups/groups-c_chapter1.tex

I am following this wiki: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure

My question is: Why do I need to specify 

\environment env_notes

before It works at the component level? The wiki didn’t say that. Plus it is already specified at the product level. Thanks.

~Jethro