Re: Moving the old book-structure to a recent ConTeXt

[Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda@rna.nl>]

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> On 15 Jul 2021, at 16:00, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
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>> 
>> Am 15.07.2021 um 12:19 schrieb Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda@rna.nl>:
>> 
>>> On 12 Jul 2021, at 12:15, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Am 12.07.2021 um 10:25 schrieb Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda@rna.nl>:
>>>> 
>>>> Years ago I wrote a book (Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture) using ConTeXt.
>>>> 
>>>> The setup was (I think Taco’s) basic book project setup, with a chapters, environments, products, etc. subdirectory where you work in the chapters directory and can both produce individual chapters and the whole book. The main tool to produce was texexec.
>>>> 
>>>> ConTeXt has moved on considerably since then (2014-2015).
>>>> 
>>>> So, I tried teh old project to see if it still works, but found out it didn’t. There still is a texexec in my MacTeX, but the compilation fails:
>>>> 
>>>> texexec --pdf --mode=SCREEN  ../products/prd_book.tex
>>>> resolvers       | initialization | fatal error: kpse library is accessed (key: original)
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a new ‘book’ project structure/template for the modern/standalone ConTeXt?
>>> 
>>> The project struture with project/product/environment/components is still the same.
>>> 
>>> "texexec" is MkII, you must call "context" for MkIV (with --luatex) and LMTX.
>>> 
>>> You will probably need to update several setups, there were many changes since MkII.
>> 
>> So, just for confirmation that I understand this correctly, I need to simply change the command from texexec  to context --luatex and fix all settings in my setup until I get it working again?
> 
> I guess so. I don’t know your project.
> 
> There were a lot of changes between MkII and current MkIV, and many aren’t obvious.
> I’d suggest to rewrite your environment from scratch; only copy pieces step by step and check if they still do what you expect. Use a reduced test product.

Is there a new template I can download somewhere to start from scratch?

Gerben


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