Re: distro info

[Jesse Alama <alama@stanford.edu>]

I second Andrea's opinion -- I'm also looking forward to a
straightforward way of updating ConTeXt and kin.  I'm comfortable with

  ctxtools --updatecontext, 

but much less comfortable updating binaries and fonts, based on my
experience screwing up my installation; a nice Mac OS X interface to
deal with all these would be great.  How about allowing installation of
modules from http://modules.contextgarden.net, too?

(I admit that there's probably a good deal of FUD here on my part and
it's not as complicated as I think it is.  My guess, though, is that I'm
not alone.)

Jesse

Andrea Valle <valle@di.unito.it> writes:

> Wow, much needed.
> Looking forward to see it.
>
> Best
>
> -a-
>
> On 11 Jun 2008, at 18:05, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Andrea Valle wrote:
>    
>         Hi Oliver,
>        
>         I've already assembled a working ConTeXt package based on the minimals
>         that installs via the Apple installer. In other words, it will provide
>         the same seamless installation experience to the user as known from
>         the MacTeX package and, in fact, as known from any decent Mac
>         software.
>        
>         Fantastic. Exactly what I need. But will you include TeXShop?
>
>     You can use the existing TeXShop or any other editor. Besides that, in
>     summer or autumn a new cross-platform editor by Jonathan Kew will be
>     available.
>
>         Will the tex
>         file system be local (i.e. separated from the usual locations) ?
>
>     You will be able to use PreferencePane to select whether you want to
>     use MacTeX or ConTeXt minimals (and which version), and that will be
>     done globally. /usr/texbin will be a symlink to binaries.
>    
>     Mojca
>     ___________________________________________________________________________________
>     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
>     ___________________________________________________________________________________
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Andrea Valle
> --------------------------------------------------
> CIRMA - DAMS
> Università degli Studi di Torino
> --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/
> --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle
> --> andrea.valle@unito.it
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> "
> Think of it as seasoning
> . noise [salt] is boring
> . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring
> . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty
> "
> (Ken Perlin on noise)
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 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
> ___________________________________________________________________________________

-- 
Jesse Alama (alama@stanford.edu)

___________________________________________________________________________________
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
___________________________________________________________________________________