From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14281 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "George N. White III" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Update failure: I'm losing my mind Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:05:50 -0400 Organization: Bedford Institute of Oceanography Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: References: <50EFAD94-2BFF-11D8-82AF-0030659899AA@fiee.net> <004c01c3c028$6062ac10$01fd5644@playroom> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071231896 26956 80.91.224.253 (12 Dec 2003 12:24:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:24:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Fri Dec 12 13:24:53 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUmLl-0004yK-00 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:24:53 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 800F610B3A; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:24:48 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from cod.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca (cod.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca [142.176.61.253]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FD9510B2A for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:16:23 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: id IAA22372; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: by gateway id <0HPS00M7R6XM2I@bionet.bio.dfo.ca> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:05:46 -0400 (AST) In-reply-to: <004c01c3c028$6062ac10$01fd5644@playroom> X-X-Sender: gwhite@montigo.bio.dfo.ca Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14281 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14281 On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Gary Pajer wrote: > C:\Documents and Settings\Gary Pajer\My Documents>texexec --verbose > > TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 > > current path : C:/Documents and Settings/Gary Pajer/My Documents > locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich > locating ini file : not found by searching > locating ini file : no environment variable set > locating ini file : not found in own path > warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read 'texexec.rme'? > > It's really not finding it. The thing that surprises me is that no-one else > has mentioned this. That's why I keep thinking that I've done something > wrong. Maybe trying to run ConTeXt with MikTeX instead of using TeX Live 2003, or trying to run ConTeXt in a Win32 configuration that puts spaces in the paths? We are running ConTeXt under TL2003 (with a newer cont-tmf.zip and pdftex 1.11b) on SGI Irix because the Win32 PC's I tried did not survive the experience. At home I find TL2003 (same updates) works well on linux. The unix systems don't let spaces into paths (and did fail in pre-release testing if I tried to run in a directory like "a b"). I reported the above problem with the TL2003 pre-release tests. Using the current cont-tmf.zip gets you a TeXExec 4.0 that seems more robust, but that could be because I also abandoned a configuration that puts spaces in the paths (e.g., install to C:\TeXLive and set HOME=C:\Home). One system (Win98) had problems with forward slashes in the argument to perl's backtick, but then the hard disk failed and I've been waiting since Sept. for the warranty replacement to arrive. TeX Live 2003 texexec seems to be hard on PC's -- maybe because when kpathsea fails texexec.pl recursively searches the drive for the ini file. In any case, after the 1st PC died I tried to install TL2003 on another machine which also failed (terminal overheating) while creating formats after installing the fpTeX updates. Maybe cheap PC clones can't tolerate ls-R too many times in a short time period. btw -- before the machine died I did notice that the new version of fpTeX has a 1.11b pdftex. I've been asked to put TL2003 on a ThinkPad running XP -- hope it survives the experience! -- George N. White III Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada