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* Mark IV or LuaMetaTeX?
@ 2022-05-26 12:53 Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context
  2022-05-26 15:54 ` Keith McKay via ntg-context
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context @ 2022-05-26 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mailing list for ConTeXt users; +Cc: Tommaso Gordini


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Hello list,
forgive me if my question is too general and trivial and without a minimum
code.

In the current state of ConTeXt development, which engine do you recommend
to use *definitively*? ConTeXt MkIV or LMTX?

I use macOS 10.15.7, on which I have MacTeX-2022, ConTeXt Standalone and
ConTeXt LMTX. My editor is TeXShop 4.72 (the last one), even if Synctex
doesn't work too well: source to PDF is almost OK, but PDF to source is
still very inaccurate, not to mention that to activate the direct and
reverse search you have to write such a thing as

%! TEX TS-program = ConTeXt2021
%! TEX useAlternatePath
%! TEX useConTeXtSyncParser

\setupsynctex [state=start, method=min]

\starttext
...
\stoptext

I also have the latest TeXworks on board, but I don't understand how to set
it up. If you think that for ConTeXt is better than TeXShop and you want to
teach me how to set it up, thank you.

Tommaso

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* Re: Mark IV or LuaMetaTeX?
  2022-05-26 12:53 Mark IV or LuaMetaTeX? Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context
@ 2022-05-26 15:54 ` Keith McKay via ntg-context
  2022-05-26 17:03   ` Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Keith McKay via ntg-context @ 2022-05-26 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ntg-context; +Cc: Keith McKay


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Hi Tommaso

  I use TeXworks with ConText stand alone LMTX. To set it up to run 
context do the following.

Open TexWorks and then click on TexWorks in the menu bar then 
Preferences. The TexWorks Preference window will open up.

Click on the Typesetting tab and you will see two panes. One marked 
"Paths for TeX and related Programs" and another marked "Processing Tools".

Next to Processing Tools is a + button. Click on this and a "Tool 
Configuration" window appears. This is where you enter the details for 
processing by ConTeXt and this is how I have set this up on my mac mini M1.

Name: LMTX

% Here you need to use the Browse button to get to the mtxrun. On my mac 
it is the path to the directory tex  which contains the file mtxrun as 
shown below. Yours may be different. Since mtxrun is an alias for 
luametatex it substitutes luametatex. I edited this to, mtxrun.

Program: 
/Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin/mtxrun

% Next enter the arguments as follows using the + button.

Arguments: --autogenerate

                     --script

                     context

                     --autopdf

                     $fullname

Click OK. This takes you back to the TeXworks Prefences window (which 
has stayed open anyway). You may have to enter some more paths to the 
Paths pane. I added 
/Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin just 
to be on the safe side but it may not be needed.

If I have made any mistakes I'm sure the great and the good in the 
ConTeXt community will correct me.

I also use TeXshop but prefer TeXworks but to be honest with with you 
there is not much of a difference between the two in my ConTeXt use. I'm 
experimenting with atom but that is a wee bit more complicated since I 
have to use the console to run context.

Hope this helps

Best Wishes

Keith McKay

On 26/05/2022 13:53, Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context wrote:

> Hello list,
> forgive me if my question is too general and trivial and without a 
> minimum code.
>
> In the current state of ConTeXt development, which engine do you 
> recommend to use /definitively/? ConTeXt MkIV or LMTX?
>
> I use macOS 10.15.7, on which I have MacTeX-2022, ConTeXt Standalone 
> and ConTeXt LMTX. My editor is TeXShop 4.72 (the last one), even if 
> Synctex doesn't work too well: source to PDF is almost OK, but PDF to 
> source is still very inaccurate, not to mention that to activate the 
> direct and reverse search you have to write such a thing as
>
> %! TEX TS-program = ConTeXt2021
> %! TEX useAlternatePath
> %! TEX useConTeXtSyncParser
>
> \setupsynctex [state=start, method=min]
>
> \starttext
> ...
> \stoptext
>
> I also have the latest TeXworks on board, but I don't understand how 
> to set it up. If you think that for ConTeXt is better than TeXShop and 
> you want to teach me how to set it up, thank you.
>
> Tommaso
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 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://context.aanhet.net
> archive  :https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
> wiki     :http://contextgarden.net
> ___________________________________________________________________________________

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* Re: Mark IV or LuaMetaTeX?
  2022-05-26 15:54 ` Keith McKay via ntg-context
@ 2022-05-26 17:03   ` Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context
  2022-05-26 17:19     ` Keith McKay via ntg-context
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context @ 2022-05-26 17:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mailing list for ConTeXt users; +Cc: Tommaso Gordini


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Thank you, Keith!

Everything works fine, except Synctex.

So, between MkIV and LMTX you recommend LMTX. Perfect.

Tommaso

Il gio 26 mag 2022, 17:55 Keith McKay via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
ha scritto:

> Hi Tommaso
>
>  I use TeXworks with ConText stand alone LMTX. To set it up to run context
> do the following.
>
> Open TexWorks and then click on TexWorks in the menu bar then Preferences.
> The TexWorks Preference window will open up.
>
> Click on the Typesetting tab and you will see two panes. One marked "Paths
> for TeX and related Programs" and another marked "Processing Tools".
>
> Next to Processing Tools is a + button. Click on this and a "Tool
> Configuration" window appears. This is where you enter the details for
> processing by ConTeXt and this is how I have set this up on my mac mini M1.
>
> Name: LMTX
>
> % Here you need to use the Browse button to get to the mtxrun. On my mac
> it is the path to the directory tex  which contains the file mtxrun as
> shown below. Yours may be different. Since mtxrun is an alias for
> luametatex it substitutes luametatex. I edited this to, mtxrun.
>
> Program:
> /Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin/mtxrun
>
> % Next enter the arguments as follows using the + button.
>
> Arguments: --autogenerate
>
>                     --script
>
>                     context
>
>                     --autopdf
>
>                     $fullname
>
> Click OK. This takes you back to the TeXworks Prefences window (which has
> stayed open anyway). You may have to enter some more paths to the Paths
> pane. I added
> /Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin just to
> be on the safe side but it may not be needed.
>
> If I have made any mistakes I'm sure the great and the good in the ConTeXt
> community will correct me.
>
> I also use TeXshop but prefer TeXworks but to be honest with with you
> there is not much of a difference between the two in my ConTeXt use. I'm
> experimenting with atom but that is a wee bit more complicated since I have
> to use the console to run context.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Keith McKay
>
> On 26/05/2022 13:53, Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context wrote:
>
> Hello list,
> forgive me if my question is too general and trivial and without a minimum
> code.
>
> In the current state of ConTeXt development, which engine do you recommend
> to use *definitively*? ConTeXt MkIV or LMTX?
>
> I use macOS 10.15.7, on which I have MacTeX-2022, ConTeXt Standalone and
> ConTeXt LMTX. My editor is TeXShop 4.72 (the last one), even if Synctex
> doesn't work too well: source to PDF is almost OK, but PDF to source is
> still very inaccurate, not to mention that to activate the direct and
> reverse search you have to write such a thing as
>
> %! TEX TS-program = ConTeXt2021
> %! TEX useAlternatePath
> %! TEX useConTeXtSyncParser
>
> \setupsynctex [state=start, method=min]
>
> \starttext
> ...
> \stoptext
>
> I also have the latest TeXworks on board, but I don't understand how to
> set it up. If you think that for ConTeXt is better than TeXShop and you
> want to teach me how to set it up, thank you.
>
> Tommaso
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 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://context.aanhet.net
> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
> 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://context.aanhet.net
> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>

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* Re: Mark IV or LuaMetaTeX?
  2022-05-26 17:03   ` Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context
@ 2022-05-26 17:19     ` Keith McKay via ntg-context
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Keith McKay via ntg-context @ 2022-05-26 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mailing list for ConTeXt users; +Cc: Keith McKay


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Tomaso
I think there is a problem with synctex in TeXworks, which is probably why
I never use it.
Best Wishes
Keith McKay


On Thu, 26 May 2022, 18:03 Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context, <
ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:

> Thank you, Keith!
>
> Everything works fine, except Synctex.
>
> So, between MkIV and LMTX you recommend LMTX. Perfect.
>
> Tommaso
>
> Il gio 26 mag 2022, 17:55 Keith McKay via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi Tommaso
>>
>>  I use TeXworks with ConText stand alone LMTX. To set it up to run
>> context do the following.
>>
>> Open TexWorks and then click on TexWorks in the menu bar then
>> Preferences. The TexWorks Preference window will open up.
>>
>> Click on the Typesetting tab and you will see two panes. One marked
>> "Paths for TeX and related Programs" and another marked "Processing Tools".
>>
>> Next to Processing Tools is a + button. Click on this and a "Tool
>> Configuration" window appears. This is where you enter the details for
>> processing by ConTeXt and this is how I have set this up on my mac mini M1.
>>
>> Name: LMTX
>>
>> % Here you need to use the Browse button to get to the mtxrun. On my mac
>> it is the path to the directory tex  which contains the file mtxrun as
>> shown below. Yours may be different. Since mtxrun is an alias for
>> luametatex it substitutes luametatex. I edited this to, mtxrun.
>>
>> Program:
>> /Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin/mtxrun
>>
>> % Next enter the arguments as follows using the + button.
>>
>> Arguments: --autogenerate
>>
>>                     --script
>>
>>                     context
>>
>>                     --autopdf
>>
>>                     $fullname
>>
>> Click OK. This takes you back to the TeXworks Prefences window (which has
>> stayed open anyway). You may have to enter some more paths to the Paths
>> pane. I added
>> /Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin just to
>> be on the safe side but it may not be needed.
>>
>> If I have made any mistakes I'm sure the great and the good in the
>> ConTeXt community will correct me.
>>
>> I also use TeXshop but prefer TeXworks but to be honest with with you
>> there is not much of a difference between the two in my ConTeXt use. I'm
>> experimenting with atom but that is a wee bit more complicated since I have
>> to use the console to run context.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Best Wishes
>>
>> Keith McKay
>>
>> On 26/05/2022 13:53, Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context wrote:
>>
>> Hello list,
>> forgive me if my question is too general and trivial and without a
>> minimum code.
>>
>> In the current state of ConTeXt development, which engine do you
>> recommend to use *definitively*? ConTeXt MkIV or LMTX?
>>
>> I use macOS 10.15.7, on which I have MacTeX-2022, ConTeXt Standalone and
>> ConTeXt LMTX. My editor is TeXShop 4.72 (the last one), even if Synctex
>> doesn't work too well: source to PDF is almost OK, but PDF to source is
>> still very inaccurate, not to mention that to activate the direct and
>> reverse search you have to write such a thing as
>>
>> %! TEX TS-program = ConTeXt2021
>> %! TEX useAlternatePath
>> %! TEX useConTeXtSyncParser
>>
>> \setupsynctex [state=start, method=min]
>>
>> \starttext
>> ...
>> \stoptext
>>
>> I also have the latest TeXworks on board, but I don't understand how to
>> set it up. If you think that for ConTeXt is better than TeXShop and you
>> want to teach me how to set it up, thank you.
>>
>> Tommaso
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> 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://context.aanhet.net
>> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
>> 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://context.aanhet.net
>> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
>> 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://context.aanhet.net
> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>

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