From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25087 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: i-Installer / minimal TeX installation for ConTeXt? Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:16:43 -0700 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <5EC6B2EB-AF7F-45A6-807C-7766FC9D2657@trichotomic.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136956637 31752 80.91.229.2 (11 Jan 2006 05:17:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:17:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jan 11 06:17:10 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 1EwYM7-0005Vr-St for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 297C312804; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:07 +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 20964-04; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB74127BB; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8438127BB for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:02 +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 20915-05-2 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 8AA47127BA for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail 26510 invoked by uid 1006); 11 Jan 2006 05:17:00 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:SA:0(0.0/100.0):. Processed in 1.151917 secs); 11 Jan 2006 05:17:00 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.10) by -v with SMTP; 11 Jan 2006 05:16:59 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 8179 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2006 05:16:55 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO walayah1.wildblue.com) (70.41.4.165) by -v with SMTP; 11 Jan 2006 05:16:55 -0000 Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera M2/8.51 (Win32, build 7712) 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:25087 Archived-At: On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:00:19 -0700, Gerben Wierda = =20 wrote: > On Jan 10, 2006, at 21:22, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >>> By and by I've found that I am only using ConTeXt for my typesetting = =20 >>> needs. I am curious as to whether someone can advise me how best to =20 >>> install a suitable yet minimal TeX installation: without LaTeX, etc.= =20 >>> I am currently using Gerben's very helpful i-Installer. > > If someone can tell me which part of my redistro should stay, I can =20 > easily rearrange matters such that such a minimal install is possible. In addition to Hans' comments, I would suggest just taking the independen= t =20 windows package http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip and replacing the windows-specific stuff (e.g. batch files and =20 executables) with osx stuff. That should do it! Idris --=20 Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/