From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27246 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Miktex woes Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:47:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <602CD433-4581-4F75-821B-557936DB62BD@cox.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145422094 26292 80.91.229.2 (19 Apr 2006 04:48:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 19 06:48:11 2006 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 ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FW4bn-00045K-LZ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 398581276F; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:07 +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 31957-03; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3ECB12772; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F4812772 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:01 +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 31762-06 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:47:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from playinggod.mr.itd.umich.edu (playinggod.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.14.79]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 69EF21276F for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:47:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from aditya.annarb01.mi.comcast.net (c-68-40-50-205.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.50.205]) by playinggod.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp) with ESMTP id k3J4lvu4024137 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:47:57 -0400 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <602CD433-4581-4F75-821B-557936DB62BD@cox.net> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:27246 Archived-At: On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, David Arnold wrote: > All, > > A colleague of mine did an update of his miktex. Now his context > won't work with this error: > > TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > > warning : texexec.ini not found, try 'texexec --verbose' > > TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > > current path : C:/Book/IntAlgText/trunk/chapter3 > locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.ini on scripts > locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.ini elsewhere > locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.rme on scripts > locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.rme elsewhere > 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'? > > > This was working before the Miktex update. Miktex has a texexec.exe > in a bin/ file. That's the one being used, but we cannot find any > instance of texexec.ini in the miktex tree. I don't think Miktex uses > the ini file. > > Anyone know what's going on here? No idea. I was using Miktex context for some time, but found it too cumbersome to work with. For context, miktex update is too slow. There is no particular advantage of using miktex for context. I have two parallel trees here, one for miktex and one for context and everything works fine. If hard disk space is not an issue and you do not mind installing ruby, you can instal the windows installation from pragma in a different (from Miktex texmf and localtexmf trees) directory. Use setuptex.bat to add the pragma binaries to the path only when you need them. This way, you can keep on using latex from miktex and can context from pragma. Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008