* Re: Stand alone Context editing environment
2006-01-18 19:49 Stand alone Context editing environment David Arnold
@ 2006-01-18 23:10 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2006-01-18 23:28 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2006-01-18 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
> http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip
is all that I use. Dump it as C:\ConTeXt
add it to your PATH, or add a
CALL setuptex C:\ConTeXt\tex
to you batch files, editor, whatever, before invoking texexec
read the README
and u're good to go. Just need to be clear on which TeX system gets
called, which is what
setuptex
does.
Even when I need LaTeX, I just dump the XemTeX files into this tree.
I hope Hans makes an installer for it, so your grandmother can install it
too!
-))
Best
Idris
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* Re: Stand alone Context editing environment
2006-01-18 19:49 Stand alone Context editing environment David Arnold
2006-01-18 23:10 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
@ 2006-01-18 23:28 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-19 0:20 ` David Arnold
2006-01-18 23:31 ` Miguel Queiros
2006-01-19 8:35 ` Ville Voipio
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2006-01-18 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
David Arnold wrote:
> All,
>
> At:
>
> http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm
>
> There is:
>
> http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip
>
> Can someone explain to me what this is? If it is downloaded and
> unzipped, is it ready to go? Is there documentation of this
> particular zip? Is there an editor in this zip configured and ready
> to go?
the slightly bigger variant is cdwincontext, which has also scite ruby
and perl; if you put that on a windows machine, and run the bat file in
the root path you have a stand alone environment (in projects, this is
what we give authors)
Hans
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* Re: Stand alone Context editing environment
2006-01-18 23:28 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-01-19 0:20 ` David Arnold
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From: David Arnold @ 2006-01-19 0:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hans,
I don't see cdwincontext on
http://pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm
Where can I find it?
On Jan 18, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
> David Arnold wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> At:
>>
>> http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm
>>
>> There is:
>>
>> http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip
>>
>> Can someone explain to me what this is? If it is downloaded and
>> unzipped, is it ready to go? Is there documentation of this
>> particular zip? Is there an editor in this zip configured and
>> ready to go?
>
> the slightly bigger variant is cdwincontext, which has also scite
> ruby and perl; if you put that on a windows machine, and run the
> bat file in the root path you have a stand alone environment (in
> projects, this is what we give authors)
>
> Hans
> _______________________________________________
> ntg-context mailing list
> ntg-context@ntg.nl
> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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* Re: Stand alone Context editing environment
2006-01-18 19:49 Stand alone Context editing environment David Arnold
2006-01-18 23:10 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2006-01-18 23:28 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-01-18 23:31 ` Miguel Queiros
2006-01-20 15:21 ` Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-19 8:35 ` Ville Voipio
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From: Miguel Queiros @ 2006-01-18 23:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
> http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip
>
> Can someone explain to me what this is? If it is downloaded and
> unzipped, is it ready to go? Is there documentation of this
> particular zip? Is there an editor in this zip configured and ready
> to go?
I'm using it. You just need to install Perl and Ruby.
Take a look at: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/014223.html
If you had instaled Miktex on Windows before you should note that
you might need to take Miktex from your PATH. I had to do it.
Miguel Queirós
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* Re: Stand alone Context editing environment
2006-01-18 23:31 ` Miguel Queiros
@ 2006-01-20 15:21 ` Mojca Miklavec
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2006-01-20 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 1/19/06, Miguel Queiros wrote:
>
> > http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip
> >
> > Can someone explain to me what this is? If it is downloaded and
> > unzipped, is it ready to go? Is there documentation of this
> > particular zip?
See isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\setuptex.bat:
REM Installatie van Minimal ConTeXt
REM
REM Instellingen ten behoeve van CONTEXT (TEX) installatie.
REM Deze file moet worden aangeroepen in de file
REM "autoexec.bat" die te vinden is onder c:\. Voeg aan die
REM file toe:
REM
REM call c:\tex\setuptex.bat
...
Haven't you noticed/read this? :)
> > Is there an editor in this zip configured and ready
> > to go?
Scite (as was already described, execute cdemo.bat).
> If you had instaled Miktex on Windows before you should note that
> you might need to take Miktex from your PATH. I had to do it.
No, there's no need to remove MikTeX from PATH. I've put an
"pragmatex.bat" into path with the content (one line only):
C:\context\misc\context\usr\local\context\tex\setuptex.bat
C:\context\misc\context\usr\local\context\tex
I've also written this on
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation, but my edits need
a revision.
Mojca
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* Re: Stand alone Context editing environment
2006-01-18 19:49 Stand alone Context editing environment David Arnold
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2006-01-18 23:31 ` Miguel Queiros
@ 2006-01-19 8:35 ` Ville Voipio
2006-01-19 12:03 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
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From: Ville Voipio @ 2006-01-19 8:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
> Can someone explain to me what this is? If it is downloaded and
> unzipped, is it ready to go? Is there documentation of this particular
> zip? Is there an editor in this zip configured and ready to go?
Here is a step by step of how it should go (i.e. what I did with success):
1. Get perl and install it. I use ActivePerl:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/?mp=1
2. Get ruby and install it. I used:
http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/
3. Check that perl and ruby work. Go to the command prompt (Start ->
Run... "cmd") and execute the two commands:
ruby --version
perl --version
These should give some information on ruby and perl. It really does
not matter what they say, as long as the interpreters are found.
4. Download mswincontext.zip
5. Unzip the contents under c:\temp. You should get c:\temp\isoimage.
6. Create a new folder c:\context
7. Copy everything under c:\temp\isoimage into c:\context. There should
be one folder (/usr) and a few files.
8. Open the folder c:\context and double-click cdemo.bat
9. Now you should see the editor open with a few files. Press F7 to
compile one of the files. If everything goes smoothly, you are done. If
not, read these instructions again carefully. If you cannot get it work,
mail the list.
A few notes on the procedure above:
- perl and ruby per se have nothing to do with ConTeXt, ConTeXt just
needs them. So, if you have another perl and ruby (e.g. through cygwin),
they are fine as long as they are in the system path. If you can get
through step #3 without doing #1 and #2, fine.
- It is up to you to choose the location where you unzip the file in
step #5, no magic there. Just that you know where the files are.
- The actual location of the ConTeXt in step #6 tree does not matter. I
use c:\context, but you might use something else. However, I would not
use anything with a space in the name (e.g. c:\Program Files\context),
as that may confuse things. (Has anybody tried lately?)
- After you have verified everything works in step #9, you can toss
cdemo.bat away and use cstart.bat to start everything. Make a link to it
somewhere so that you can start the system by a shortcut or through the
Start menu. Do not move the batch script anywhere, it has to be run in
the root directory of the distribution (e.g. c:\context).
- Make sure you have something Acrobatish installed, otherwise you won't
see the results in step #9.
Good luck!
- Ville
P.S. Is this information already in the Wiki? I found only some short
notes, but this might be somehow important for beginners. I can put it
there if neeeded.
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