Re: Update setpath to set the path

[Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>]

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> One of the benefits of context minimals is that you can install multiple
> versions in parallel, which allows the user to update frequently without
> the risk of breaking something for long-term projects. Specifically, you
> can keep a "frozen" version of context for long-term projects and install a
> newer version in parallel for newer projects.
>

For sure! My environment looks as follows:

export CONTEXT_HOME=/opt/context
export PATH="$PATH:...:$CONTEXT_HOME/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin:..."

The /opt/context directory is a symbolic link, which eases switching
between versions: I seldom have to change the environment variables
settings.

So, your suggestions should be included as a separate script and not as
> part of the default. Then there is the question of providing an uninstall
> script as well...
>

Using a ConTeXt-specific environment variable (e.g., LMTX_HOME) would make
uninstalling a matter of removing it from the PATH and registry (on
Windows, anyway). Here are the current instructions:

https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite/blob/master/docs/typesetting.md#windows

Is there a way we can eliminate steps 3 - 6 for Windows installs?

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