From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25257 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Todd DeVries Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: New Installation under miktex, not working Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:15:56 -0700 Organization: Idaho State University Message-ID: References: <5f8ls1llftg2hc0hvqhosfaquidc7u2fuu@4ax.com> <6faad9f00601160010v6ce82033t284ecaaad78ead65@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: devrtodd@isu.edu, 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 1137431801 4081 80.91.229.2 (16 Jan 2006 17:16:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:16:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 16 18:16:40 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 1EyXxx-0002jx-4p for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4EB712813; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:23 +0100 (CET) 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 00725-02-4; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67083127FB; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 575C9127FB for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:19 +0100 (CET) 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 00725-02-3 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ux9.isu.edu (ux9.isu.edu [134.50.250.46]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 8EE35127F5 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:16:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.ux9.isu.edu by ux9.isu.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.06 (built Mar 28 2005)) id <0IT7003013Q99T@ux9.isu.edu> (original mail from devrtodd@isu.edu) for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:16:14 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from TDevries (24-116-168-26.cpe.cableone.net [24.116.168.26]) by ux9.isu.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.06 (built Mar 28 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IT700C1B3YU97@ux9.isu.edu> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:16:14 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from TDevries.Belkin by TDevries (PGP Universal service); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:16:03 -0700 In-reply-to: Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 X-PGP-Universal: processed; by TDevries on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:16:03 -0700 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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:25257 Archived-At: Thanks to all who responded to my question yesterday. Not sure why, but documents are compiling and formats are found. Perhaps I'll do a stand-alone install to make updates easier in the future. Todd On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:35:29 -0500 (EST), you wrote: ><--- On Jan 16, Mojca Miklavec wrote ---> > >> Todd DeVries wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm attempting to install context under miktex 2.4. I've updated the >>> format files and followed other instructions as per the contextgarden >>> discussions. I'm probably missing something really obvious and would >>> appreciate any help offered. I receive this output when running the >>> following commands: >> >> I don't know why I keep using MikTeX (there are problems all the time, >> but it is [or at least it should be] easy to update and is already >> installed on most computers here), just some points: > >I use latex a lot, and for windows+latex Miktex is one of the best >distribution. Most of the packages get installed on the fly and it can >be updated easily. Once you get used to it, it is hard to try other >latex distributions. > >> - texexec --make --all doesn't work anyway (well, it works, but it >> forgets to copy the files to the proper place) > >It also happens with me and the solution that you describe below >works. You need to update the formats from Miktex Options. I *guess* >the reason texexec fails to place the format in proper place is >because it simply does not know where the localtexmf tree is. I am not >sure if it has a way of finding it out without the user specifying an >environment variable. > > >> If you want to make formats, go to MikTeX options -> TeX formats -> >> choose cont-en -> Edit ... >> Here are the values that I have (it may be that I changed any of them >> manually, I don't remember): >> Format Name: cont-en >> Compiler: pdfe-TeX (Extended Mode) >> Input File Name: cont-en.tex >> Output File Name: cont-en.efmt >> Exclude has to be unchecked >> >> - MikTeX updates the formats automatically (if it does). If it >> doesn't, the "standard ConTeXt" ways fail anyway and searching for >> files doesn't always work either > > >> - I often have problems after upgrading ConTeXt, but I can hardly tell >> you what to do. I try all the different tricks (updating filename >> database, building the formats, ...) without any success, but after >> two days it simply works again by some black magic. > > >Here is what I do (I am not sure even if this is the correct thing to >do, but seems to work) > >Make a tree called pragma-texmf. Download cont-tmf.zip and >cont-fnt.zip and unzip them in pragma-texmf. Go to MikTex options and >add pragma-texmf as a tree. Move it up so that it is the first tree. >This way whenever any program searches for a context related file, it >finds it in the pragma-tree. Now go and recreate the formats. >Everything works (well except mptopdf the program, but that is not >critical for me). To keep in sync with context's pace of development, >simply download the entire cont-tmf tree whenever a newer version is >released. I have not managed to convince texsync to just download >texmf tree, and I do not really care about downloading a big zip. > >This makes me feel whether it is a good idea to have miktex and >context for windows (from the pragma site) in parallel. I use cygwin >and context for windows only seems to work from cmd.exe and not >bash.exe. I tried to convert setuptex.sh to setuptex.bash, but could >not get to work. So, I settled with the method of downloading the >relevant trees and things work (by black magic, as you said) > >Aditya >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context@ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context