From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30758
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context
Subject: Re: Making context produce dvi file.
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:34:47 +0100
Message-ID: <E1GMrYN-0005U8-00@skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk>
References: <200609110805.47267.john@wexfordpress.com>
Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158003331 4186 80.91.229.2 (11 Sep 2006 19:35:31 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:35:31 +0000 (UTC)
Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Sep 11 21:35:29 2006
Return-path: <ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl>
Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org
Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl)
	by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1GMrYr-0001jf-EL
	for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:35:17 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2AA1FE63;
	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:35:16 +0200 (CEST)
Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1])
 by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP
 id 15042-05-7; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:35:07 +0200 (CEST)
Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFDA1FE5C;
	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:35:07 +0200 (CEST)
Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 491AE1FE5C
	for <ntg-context@ntg.nl>; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:34:59 +0200 (CEST)
Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1])
	by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new,
	port 10024) with LMTP id 15042-05-6 for <ntg-context@ntg.nl>;
	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:34:48 +0200 (CEST)
Original-Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8])
	by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 876231FE57
	for <ntg-context@ntg.nl>; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:34:48 +0200 (CEST)
Original-Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail)
	by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1GMrYN-0007Nn-9Z; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:34:47 +0100
Original-Received: from sanjoy by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1)
	id 1GMrYN-0005U8-00; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:34:47 +0100
Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:05:47 EDT."
	<200609110805.47267.john@wexfordpress.com> 
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl
X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7
Precedence: list
List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context.ntg.nl>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context>,
	<mailto:ntg-context-request@ntg.nl?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context>
List-Post: <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl>
List-Help: <mailto:ntg-context-request@ntg.nl?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context>,
	<mailto:ntg-context-request@ntg.nl?subject=subscribe>
Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl
Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30758
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/30758>

> But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? 

Using the ruby texexec, do this:

  texexec --dvi file.tex

The manual says that this is equivalent to 

  texexec --output=dvi file.tex

but that way produces pdf.

-Sanjoy

`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
         --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.