Hi Jaroslav, On Mac, you can use TeXShop and your standalone Context very easily. First create a specific « .engine » file for this and then in TeXShop use that engine. Here is what I have when I typeset a file in TeXShop using mkiv ConTeXt: %%%%% begin file mkiv.engine #!/bin/bash export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH context --synctex=zipped --autogenerate "$1" --purgeall %%%%% end file mkiv.engine you should replace the line « export PATH=…. » by the path to your installation of ConTeXt. More precisely you should replace /Volumes/OK/context-minimal with the path going to the folder where your Context installation sits (in your case it is where you have put the file first-setup.sh). Then this file « mkiv.engine » should be put in the folder Library/TeXShop/Engines Once this is done, you have three solutions in order to use TeXShop with your standalone Context. Here they are: Solution 1: add the following line at the top of your source file: %!TEX TS-program = mkiv Note that in the above you may replace « mkiv » with whatever engine name known to your TeXShop installation (for instance « ContextSuite», or any other name you have, or (may God forgive both of us…) even « latex »…). When you typeset with ConTeXt, then TeXShop will use the chosen engine. Solution 2: when your source file is open, you should have, at the top of your window, a small menu named « Program ». Click on that menu and among the programs (that is the engines) choose the one you want. Solution 3: open the TeXShop Preferences and in the « Typesetting » pane , on the upper left part of the resulting window, choose the radio button « Command listed below » and type the name of your preferred engine. This method makes a general default, so if you use some other typesetting packages for some files you have to modify things for those files. Best regards: OK > On 17 Jan 2016, at 16:56, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: > > Hello. > Thanks to Otared and Matthias too for their solutions. Otared's method is working, Mathias method unfortunaly not working. ConTeXt is already installed on my MacBookAir. I dont know why, but It seems that for some reason rsync does not download the first-setup.sh file into my installation directory. After I put first-setup.sh file manually into install directory and then I run the installation script, then everything is all right till the end. At this moment, I still struggle with settings an appropriate environment variables so that everything worked like on my Windows PC installation. Running at (for me) an unfamiliar OS-X it is for me still long run (but adventurous) :-). > However installation on my MAC is currently commissioned and operational. Thanks for the advices. > > Jaroslav Hajtmar > > > > Dne 17.01.16 v 14:38 Otared Kavian napsal(a): >> Hello Jaroslav, >> >> Here is what I do on my Mac: >> >> 1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone >> >> 2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh » in the folder Context-standalone >> >> 3) Open Terminal and issue the command >> >> cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone] >> >> 4) Then in Terminal issue the command >> >> ls first-setup.sh >> >> you should see something beginning with: >> >> -rwxr-xr-x >> >> that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is executable. >> >> If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that right: >> >> chmod +x first-setup.sh >> >> 5) Once this is done, issue the command >> >> sh first-setup.sh >> >> 6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for Context working in the folder Context-standalone >> >> 7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do not work as expected. >> >> Best regards: OK >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: >>> >>> Hello Matthias. >>> Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this way I have not done. >>> >>> (As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar") >>> >>> Thanx Jaroslav >>> >>> Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a): >>>> Hi Jaroslav, >>>> >>>> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”? >>>> >>>> What error message do you get at what stage? >>>> >>>> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe. >>>> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters. >>>> >>>> Matthias >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello ConTeXist. >>>>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently? >>>>> Thanks for replies. >>>>> >>>>> Jaroslav Hajtmar >>>>> >>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >>>>> 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >>>>> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >>>> 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >>>> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >>> 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >>> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________