Hi Jaroslav,
On Mac, you can use TeXShop and your standalone Context very easily.
First create a specific « .engine » file for this and then in TeXShop use that
engine.
Here is what I have when I typeset a file in TeXShop using mkiv ConTeXt:
%%%%% begin file mkiv.engine
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
context --synctex=zipped --autogenerate "$1" --purgeall
%%%%% end file mkiv.engine
you should replace the line « export PATH=…. » by the path to your installation
of ConTeXt. More precisely you should replace
/Volumes/OK/context-minimal
with the path going to the folder where your Context installation sits (in your
case it is where you have put the file first-setup.sh).
Then this file « mkiv.engine » should be put in the folder
Library/TeXShop/Engines
Once this is done, you have three solutions in order to use TeXShop with your
standalone Context. Here they are:
Solution 1: add the following line at the top of your source file:
%!TEX TS-program = mkiv
Note that in the above you may replace « mkiv » with whatever engine name known
to your TeXShop installation (for instance « ContextSuite», or any other name
you have, or (may God forgive both of us…) even « latex »…).
When you typeset with ConTeXt, then TeXShop will use the chosen engine.
Solution 2: when your source file is open, you should have, at the top of your
window, a small menu named « Program ». Click on that menu and among the
programs (that is the engines) choose the one you want.
Solution 3: open the TeXShop Preferences and in the « Typesetting » pane , on
the upper left part of the resulting window, choose the radio button « Command
listed below » and type the name of your preferred engine. This method makes a
general default, so if you use some other typesetting packages for some files
you have to modify things for those files.
Best regards: OK
> On 17 Jan 2016, at 16:56, Jaroslav Hajtmar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello.
> Thanks to Otared and Matthias too for their solutions. Otared's method is
> working, Mathias method unfortunaly not working. ConTeXt is already installed
> on my MacBookAir. I dont know why, but It seems that for some reason rsync
> does not download the first-setup.sh file into my installation directory.
> After I put first-setup.sh file manually into install directory and then I
> run the installation script, then everything is all right till the end. At
> this moment, I still struggle with settings an appropriate environment
> variables so that everything worked like on my Windows PC installation.
> Running at (for me) an unfamiliar OS-X it is for me still long run (but
> adventurous) :-).
> However installation on my MAC is currently commissioned and operational.
> Thanks for the advices.
>
> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>
>
>
> Dne 17.01.16 v 14:38 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
>> Hello Jaroslav,
>>
>> Here is what I do on my Mac:
>>
>> 1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone
>>
>> 2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh » in the folder Context-standalone
>>
>> 3) Open Terminal and issue the command
>>
>> cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone]
>>
>> 4) Then in Terminal issue the command
>>
>> ls first-setup.sh
>>
>> you should see something beginning with:
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x
>>
>> that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is
>> executable.
>>
>> If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that right:
>>
>> chmod +x first-setup.sh
>>
>> 5) Once this is done, issue the command
>>
>> sh first-setup.sh
>>
>> 6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for Context
>> working in the folder Context-standalone
>>
>> 7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do not work
>> as expected.
>>
>> Best regards: OK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Matthias.
>>> Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs,
>>> even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my
>>> %HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then there
>>> is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports
>>> nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your Applications
>>> folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this way I have not
>>> done.
>>>
>>> (As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any
>>> problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")
>>>
>>> Thanx Jaroslav
>>>
>>> Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
>>>> Hi Jaroslav,
>>>>
>>>> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?
>>>>
>>>> What error message do you get at what stage?
>>>>
>>>> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation
>>>> directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
>>>> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation
>>>> directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
>>>>
>>>> Matthias
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello ConTeXist.
>>>>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing
>>>>> everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the
>>>>> installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with
>>>>> copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a
>>>>> longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what
>>>>> the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that
>>>>> might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the
>>>>> directories which I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please
>>>>> advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download
>>>>> the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
>>>>> Thanks for replies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>>>>
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