Thank you, Keith! Everything works fine, except Synctex.
So, between MkIV and LMTX you recommend LMTX. Perfect. Tommaso Il gio 26 mag 2022, 17:55 Keith McKay via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> ha scritto: > Hi Tommaso > > I use TeXworks with ConText stand alone LMTX. To set it up to run context > do the following. > > Open TexWorks and then click on TexWorks in the menu bar then Preferences. > The TexWorks Preference window will open up. > > Click on the Typesetting tab and you will see two panes. One marked "Paths > for TeX and related Programs" and another marked "Processing Tools". > > Next to Processing Tools is a + button. Click on this and a "Tool > Configuration" window appears. This is where you enter the details for > processing by ConTeXt and this is how I have set this up on my mac mini M1. > > Name: LMTX > > % Here you need to use the Browse button to get to the mtxrun. On my mac > it is the path to the directory tex which contains the file mtxrun as > shown below. Yours may be different. Since mtxrun is an alias for > luametatex it substitutes luametatex. I edited this to, mtxrun. > > Program: > /Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin/mtxrun > > % Next enter the arguments as follows using the + button. > > Arguments: --autogenerate > > --script > > context > > --autopdf > > $fullname > > Click OK. This takes you back to the TeXworks Prefences window (which has > stayed open anyway). You may have to enter some more paths to the Paths > pane. I added > /Users/HomeDirectory/data/contextmacosarm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin just to > be on the safe side but it may not be needed. > > If I have made any mistakes I'm sure the great and the good in the ConTeXt > community will correct me. > > I also use TeXshop but prefer TeXworks but to be honest with with you > there is not much of a difference between the two in my ConTeXt use. I'm > experimenting with atom but that is a wee bit more complicated since I have > to use the console to run context. > > Hope this helps > > Best Wishes > > Keith McKay > > On 26/05/2022 13:53, Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context wrote: > > Hello list, > forgive me if my question is too general and trivial and without a minimum > code. > > In the current state of ConTeXt development, which engine do you recommend > to use *definitively*? ConTeXt MkIV or LMTX? > > I use macOS 10.15.7, on which I have MacTeX-2022, ConTeXt Standalone and > ConTeXt LMTX. My editor is TeXShop 4.72 (the last one), even if Synctex > doesn't work too well: source to PDF is almost OK, but PDF to source is > still very inaccurate, not to mention that to activate the direct and > reverse search you have to write such a thing as > > %! TEX TS-program = ConTeXt2021 > %! TEX useAlternatePath > %! TEX useConTeXtSyncParser > > \setupsynctex [state=start, method=min] > > \starttext > ... > \stoptext > > I also have the latest TeXworks on board, but I don't understand how to > set it up. If you think that for ConTeXt is better than TeXShop and you > want to teach me how to set it up, thank you. > > Tommaso > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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