Hello context-helpers for newbie:

in the documents planned (in and over the Westphalian language) I  
wish to use many margin notes (word translations, exlanations etc.).  
The margin notes should be numbered with reference number (or other  
indication) in the text body. And I should be able to input utf-8  
(because of umlaute and phonetical notations, IPA etc.).

Therefore I installed some week ago
=> MacTeX on my MacBook Pro with OSX 10.4 (Tiger)
and would like to use => ConTeXt,
possibly within => TexShop (or elsewise, if better).

But I need a lot of start-up help. Therefore I put the main questions  
of the moment here hoping, that some take pity with me and answer the  
one or the other of the following questions:

1. Installation of ConTeXt complete and actual?

Has MacTeX braught me with it the main components of the ConTeXt  
system or should I update/complete it and how?

texexec --version
TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD

2. How to switch to the German commands in ConTeXt?

(Perheps that might help me a little to learn and remember commands.  
Therefore I want to switch if possible now at the beginning.)

3. How to setup page/layout dimensions?

Because of the work with margin notes as a form of ever present  
accompanying, helping side text for the reader and learner, I need  
say ==> the third width of the right page for the margin notes. I  
read the applying chapters and passages in Hans Hagen's "ConTEXt
the manual" (November 12, 2001) several times, but I couldn't get it  
yet.

4. How to set up => numbered margin notes and, thereover,
=> prevent, that they are printed one over the other, when there is  
not enough space between the referenced words/phrases in the text body?

5. How to find and learn the possible options to the commands?

The few commands and options I found yet were token from the manuals,  
but this was rather trial and error.

I attach the (abbreviated) Example of my first Text with ConTeXt, so  
that you can better see, what my most needed help could be (fo to  
come to an output with bride (right) margin and automatically  
numbered margin notes).

The attached TeX file gave the pdf output, but nevertheless texexec  
(or what ever) gives me a FAILED message in the TexShop Console:

### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline  -o /tmp/altpdflatex. 
1646-1211465898/LyraV-TShop-source-u.ps LyraV-TShop-source-u.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software  
(www.radicaleye.com)
/usr/texbin/dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened.
### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.1646-1211465898/LyraV-TShop- 
source-u.ps ()

Any help suggestions also for that?

Thank you for reading my cry fore help, best wishes,
"Met echt-westfälsken Gröiten"
joachim