Re: ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

[Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu>]

Charles---this is very helpful and much appreciated.

Alan

>> I created a .profile containing the line
>> source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
>> and put it in Macintosh HD/Users/alancbowen/Library
>
> OK, the source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
> should be the path to YOUR context minimals (the /path/to/blablabla is
> commonly understood among UNIX users as meaning "substitute the path  
> to
> my thingy here."
OK
> I know where your TeXshop files are (under your Library dir tree)  
> but I
> don't know where the ConTeXt minimals were installed on your  
> machine. I
> have not installed minimals because the TeXLive distribution with  
> MacTeX
> has served me satisfactorily to date.

As the wiki says, all the required files are in the /Applications/ 
ConTeXtMinimals folder.

> Please locate the folders context/tex/setuptex and context/tex in the
> place where the minimals install put them. Are they under your home  
> dir
> or are they under /usr/local?

I do not seem to have a setuptex folder on my box---at least I have  
not been able to find one under either /usr/local or /Users/ 
alancbowen/. And there certainly is none in /Applications/ 
ConTeXtMinimals (as seems to be expected).
>
> Figure out the FULL pathname from root,
> e.g., /usr/local/context/tex/setuptex or whatever it is. Put those  
> full
> pathnames into the source line.
>
> Now, your .profile file goes in your home dir, /Users/alancbowen. The
> Bourne-again shell, bash, must find that file in your home dir when  
> you
> login.
OK
> /Users/alancbowen is how the UNIX side of OS X sees you, not Macintosh
> HD/Users/alancbowen/Library. That's how Aqua things see you. They both
> work, but UNIX creates a virtual environment off of a root /, that in
> turn has Mac dirs like Applications, Users, and so on. /Users on the  
> Mac
> corresponds to /home on other Unix-like systems.
>
> And this brings up a good point.
> With UNIX pathnames, you have two alternatives for spaces in  
> pathnames,
> e.g., from your home dir:
> "~/The Directory/and/its leaves"
> ~/The\ Directory/and/its\ leaves
Thanks for the clarification.

> HTH
>
> Charles
>
>
>
>> But, sad to say, I get the same error when I try to typeset my “Hello
>> World!” file using the™ minimals:
>>
>> /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex: line 75: cd: / 
>> Applications/
>> ConTeXtMinimals/context: No such file or directory
>> The argument "" is not a valid TEXROOT path.
>> There is no file "/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex"
>> provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex')
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2008, at 21;04,37 , Charles P. Schaum wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a start:
>>>
>>> What's in your path? Typing set in the terminal window should tell
>>> you.
>>>
>>> Second, did you add
>>>
>>> source ~/path/to/context/tex/setuptex ~/path/to/context/tex
>>>
>>> to your ~/.profile
>>>
>>> You need to have the source work from when you log in, and that
>>> happens
>>> in the .profile, not the .bashrc. That way, stuff under Aqua see the
>>> right environment. If you just do cmdline, then .bashrc is OK.
>>>
>>> That's similar to GNOME under Linux/BSD.
>>>
>>> See what happens after you do that.
>>>
>>> Charles
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
>>>> Charles,
>>>>
>>>> I ran the last command (for “typical”) but now, when I try to  
>>>> typeset
>>>> \starttext
>>>> Hello World!
>>>> \stoptext
>>>> it appears that there is a “context” folder missing in the minimals
>>>> that I downloaded. That is, I get
>>>>
>>>> /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex: line 75: cd: /
>>>> Applications/
>>>> ConTeXtMinimals/context: No such file or directory
>>>> The argument "" is not a valid TEXROOT path.
>>>> There is no file "/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex"
>>>> provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex')
>>>> TeXExec | processing document 'hello.tex'
>>>> TeXExec | no ctx file found
>>>> TeXExec | tex processing method: context
>>>> TeXExec | TeX run 1
>>>> TeXExec | writing option file hello.top
>>>> TeXExec | using randomseed 1013
>>>> TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
>>>> TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
>>>> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
>>>> %&-line parsing enabled.
>>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
>>>> entering extended mode
>>>> (./hello.tex
>>>>
>>>> which indicates that Texlive 2007 was used.
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>> Note: the text of ConTeXtMinimals.engine reads
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>> source /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/
>>>> ConTeXtMinimals/context/tex
>>>> texexec "$1"
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 23, 2008, at 12;20,09 , Charles P. Schaum wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal from the finder
>>>>>
>>>>> Type (or cut n paste from Mail/Entourage) and don't put a carriage
>>>>> return between these lines (they are wrapped automatically)
>>>>>
>>>>> chmod a+x
>>>>> Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>
>>>>> If that fails - and it should not - try:
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo chmod a+x
>>>>> Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can substitute:
>>>>>
>>>>> chmod a+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>
>>>>> for the above path, and you can opt to do
>>>>>
>>>>> chmod u+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>
>>>>> when only you should execute it or
>>>>>
>>>>> chmod g+x ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>
>>>>> if anyone in your group can execute it
>>>>>
>>>>> or you can be "typical" and say
>>>>>
>>>>> chmod 775 ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>
>>>>> and that will make everyone executable and you/your group read-
>>>>> writable.
>>>>> Since you are using UNIX (as Mac OS X proudly touts) you might
>>>>> want to
>>>>> snag a reference on shell scripting and basic UNIX commands.  
>>>>> Welcome
>>>>> to
>>>>> the world beyond Aqua.
>>>>>
>>>>> That should do it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Charles
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 09:23 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
>>>>>> I have installed the Context Minimals following the newbie
>>>>>> instructions on the wiki at contextgarden for Mac users.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The instructions themselves are clear but should perhaps be
>>>>>> updated:
>>>>>> • the file originally downloaded is first-setup.sh not
>>>>>> first-setup.tsh
>>>>>> • to execute this file run ./first-setup.sh not first-setup.sh  
>>>>>> (at
>>>>>> least, the former worked and did not return a “command not found”
>>>>>> message).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also configured TeXShop as instructed. But now when I try to
>>>>>> typeset
>>>>>> a file, I get the error message:
>>>>>> Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine
>>>>>> does
>>>>>> not have the executable bit set.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I fix this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note:  I am running Mac OS X 10.5.4.
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