Miktex still broken

Miktex still broken

[David Arnold]

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All,

The context in Miktex is still broken. Has anyone got experience  
installing the standalone version of context on windows alongside  
Miktex?

And one specific question, will the mptopdf command work in this dual  
installation?

Thanks.

David Arnold
College of the Redwoods
Mathematics Department
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 476-4222
http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/



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Re: Miktex still broken

[Peter Wüsten]

> The context in Miktex is still broken. Has anyone got experience  
> installing the standalone version of context on windows alongside  
> Miktex?

As I have quite some legacy LaTeX-files I have Miktex 2.7, standalone 
Context, and a Context minimals installation on my system. They co-exist 
nicely on my system: Rather than pointing my path environment variable 
to any of those installations permanently I use batch-files to 
initialize whatever system I'd like to work with.

These are the batch files I use; your paths will vary:
- for running Miktex:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
REM setupmiktex.bat
@echo off
set PATH=C:\Programme\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\bin;%PATH%
"C:\Programme\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe"
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

- for running the ConTeXt maximals (aka ConTeXt standalone):
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
REM cstart.bat
@echo off
usr\local\context\cscite.bat usr\local\context
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

- for running the minimals:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
REM setupminimals.bat
@ECHO OFF
E:\programme\contextminimal\context\tex\setuptex.bat 
E:\programme\contextminimal\context\tex
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

you'll also have to add a line at the bottom of setuptex.bat, under :done
call c:\ruby\scite\scite.exe
or whatever editor you use.

> And one specific question, will the mptopdf command work in this dual  
> installation?

I think so; at least running "mptopdf -v" from a console window invoked 
from the editor made mptopdf tell me there was no file called '-v' to 
process ;-)

Cheers, Peter
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