From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44370 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stanley Hudson Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Newbie Problem With ConTeXt/MacTeX-2008 Distribution Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:10:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: <371EA22E-1789-47E5-AA66-5DCEF3BF504D@gmail.com> <22af238a0809270942v2f114626o4f35f669ca808761@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222553563 20094 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2008 22:12:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:12:43 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Sep 28 00:13:41 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kji2m-0000et-P1 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:13:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27DCE1FE00; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:12:33 +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 22940-01-8; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:11:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AC361FDCE; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:11:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B421FD59 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:11:27 +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 22325-03 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:10:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-gx0-f16.google.com (mail-gx0-f16.google.com [209.85.217.16]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BE1C1FDD1 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:10:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so9645972gxk.2 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:10:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.90.113.17 with SMTP id l17mr3470648agc.66.1222553451853; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?192.168.1.100? (c-76-107-183-226.hsd1.ms.comcast.net [76.107.183.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 18sm273351wry.20.2008.09.27.15.10.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:10:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <22af238a0809270942v2f114626o4f35f669ca808761@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-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:44370 Archived-At: Well, I installed Context Minimals and used MKIV and it worked. Thanks for the help. Stan On Sep 27, 2008, at 11:42 AM, George N. White III wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Stanley Hudson > wrote: >> Trying out ConTeXt on a Macbook with the MacTeX -2008 Distribution. >> The following compiles on ConTeXt live at the Garden, but does not >> work locally. >> >> \usemodule[pre-05] >> >> \starttext >> \TitlePage{A Sample Presentation} >> \Topics{Informative Talk} >> \Topic{First item} >> Some information goes here >> \Topic{Second Item} >> More information goes here >> \stoptext >> >> This is what I get: >> >> TeXExec | processing document '/Users/tom/Desktop/stuff/razzle/ >> firstfile.tex' >> TeXExec | no ctx file found >> TeXExec | tex processing method: context >> TeXExec | TeX run 1 >> TeXExec | writing option file firstfile.top >> TeXExec | using randomseed 1382 >> TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex >> TeXExec | tex format: cont-en >> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) >> %&-line parsing enabled. >> (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) >> entering extended mode >> (/Users/tom/Desktop/stuff/razzle/firstfile.tex >> >> ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKII fmt: 2008.9.27 int: english/ >> english >> >> [...] >> systems : system commands are disabled >> [...] >> Topic : - First item >> system : Topic not found/processed >> [MP firstfile-mpgraph.3999] >> ! Missing number, treated as zero. >> >> \endcsname >> \@@amvbox ... -\pagebackgroundvoffset +\endcsname >> \c!topoffset \relax >> \box \... >> ...ght\c!left }\interactionmenu [right] >> \getvalue {\??am >> right\c!r... >> >> \firstofoneargument #1->#1 >> >> \next2 #1,->\docommand {#1} >> \doprocesscommaitem >> \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, >> ]\relax \global >> \advance \... >> ... >> l.8 \Topic{Second Item} >> >> ? >> >> Any suggestions on what is wrong? > > I get the same error using TL2008 on linux, so it looks like a bug in > context. All is not lost, however, as your file does work using MKiV > with the context minimal distro: > > $ context t > [...] > MtxRun | run 2: luatex > --fmt="/Data/opt/tex/context/linuxtex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/ > context/e94a94633d1c5da1888b5ba67f423e84/formats/cont-en" > --lua="/Data/opt/tex/context/linuxtex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/ > context/e94a94633d1c5da1888b5ba67f423e84/formats/cont-en.lua" > "./t" > (t.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.15 09:41 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.27 int: english/ > english > > [...] > > mkiv lua stats : runtime - 8.756 seconds, 3 > processed pages, 3 shipped pages, 0.343 pages/second > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > So the solution lies somewhere between 2008.05 MkII and 2008.08 MkIV. > Simpler documents do work using 2008.05 MkII in TL2008, but if you are > starting out you may do better to focus on MkIV. > > -- > George N. White III > Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________