Hi Keith,

I got it! With the proper setting of paths it works without sourcing setuptex.
Thus I have for my installation of mkii:
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#!/bin/bash

export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
texexec --autogenerate --synctex=1 "$1" 
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Many thanks again!
Best regards: OK

> On 21 Jan 2015, at 14:31, Keith J. Schultz <keithjschultz@web.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Otared,
> 
> actually, just setting the PATH variable will work, but you have to set it
> with the proper command!
> 
> The Standard TexShop engines use the tcsh shell and not bash !!
> 
> either change the first line to 
> #!/bin/tcsh
> 
> or set the path bash style
> export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
> 
> I put the standard PATH behind the minimals path so that it is searched first!
> 
> regards
> 	Keith
> 
>> Am 21.01.2015 um 13:48 schrieb Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com <mailto:otared@gmail.com>>:
>> 
>> Hi Keith,
>> 
>> Thanks for your attention. 
>> Indeed I use the latest TeXShop (version 3.49) but regarding the content my mkii.engine file if I remove the line 
>> 
>> source /Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/setuptex
>> 
>> then I cannot typeset with my standalone installation of Context: I tried to use a set path such as
>> 
>> set path = ($path /Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin)
>> 
>> but I get an error message telling me:
>> 
>> /Users/kavian/Library/TeXShop/Engines/mkii.engine: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>> /Users/kavian/Library/TeXShop/Engines/mkii.engine: line 3: `set path = ($path /Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin)’
>> 
>> So at this point I have to keep the instruction to source the setuptex file in order to typeset either with mkii or mkiv, using the standalone Context. 
>> 
>> Best regards: OK
>> 
> 
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